Anyone keen on another comedy of manners will be disappointed . So too will those who hoped to write off mr ferris as a victim of literary hype .

但那些期待着又一部风尚喜剧的人将会大失所望，同样会失望的还有那些希望费里斯先生被扼杀在文学炒作中的人。

Joshua ferris became an international success in 2007 with " then we came to the end " , a smart and breezy satire of office life in an advertising firm .

约书亚费里斯于2007年凭借《我们快到头了》一书红遍全球，这是一部轻松明快的讽刺小说，描述一家广告公司的白领办公室生活。

Mr ferris is reminding us of how little we know about the world we live in , and how little we know about ourselves within it , and yet wepersist .

作者费里斯在提醒我们，对于我们生活在其中的这个世界以及我们自己，我们都还了解得太少，但我们却仍在安于现状。