Then We Came to the End

Then We Came to the End | Setting

Most of Then We Came to the End takes place inside an ad agency’s office building, especially one particular floor where the copywriters and artists work. (There is an extensive, fictional floor plan of the office space at www.thenwecametotheend.com.) It is the 1990s, when money flowed during the economic upturn brought about by the dot-com revolution. Business was booming. People felt relaxed and secure in their jobs and their futures. However, a few chapters into the novel, the economy is definitely making a turn—a turn toward collapse. The agency is in a bind because jobs are...

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