"The Finkler Question" by Howard Jacobson (2010)

One island, one city, one employer, one way to succeed, and one way to perish leave only private ruminations to differentiate one failure from another. The novel's one-liners are funny at first, but wear off as they subordinate the narrative and substitute for substance, instead of being the inevitable expressions of wit. Jacobson's novel is as repetitive as its endorsement by Safran Foer, on the front cover. By page 107, the novel ceases to exist.