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E

A Novel

By Matt Beaumont

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| Paperback | 9780007100682

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A fast-paced, wickedly funny tale of office back-stabbing and corporate intrigue that unfolds in a succession of escalating e-mails.

Carla Browne-1/5/00, 3:05 pm
to: All Departments
re: I'm leaving now . . . but before I go there are some things you should know . . . !!!!

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A fast-paced, wickedly funny tale of office back-stabbing and corporate intrigue that unfolds in a succession of escalating e-mails.

Carla Browne-1/5/00, 3:05 pm
to: All Departments
re: I'm leaving now . . . but before I go there are some things you should know . . . !!!!

Set in a London ad agency desperate to land a coveted big account, e follows the bureaucratic bungling, cutthroat maneuvers, and outrageous sexual antics of a group of Miller-Shanks employees as they scheme, lie, lust, and claw their way up (and down) the company ladder.

Written by a former advertising copywriter, this hilarious, dead-on-target novel marks the debut of a hip and exciting new voice in contemporary fiction. With the click of a mouse, Matt Beaumont brings the novel of letters into the twenty-first century, turning his merciless, unerring eye on today's Machiavellian corporate culture-with uproarious results.

Rachel Stevenson, Personnel-1/5/00, 3:09 pm
to: Chandra Kapoor cc: David Crutton
re: Urgent: Please delete Carla Browne's ID from e-mail with immediate effect. Thank you.

Critics

  • Popular fiction

    Add to My Stories E SQUARED BY MATT BEAUMONT (Bantam £11.99) It's nearly a decade since Beaumont's debut novel, E, introduced the dysfunctional ad agency Miller Shanks - and elevated electronic communication into the literary stratosphere. Time and f ... (read full critics)

    dailymail published on Tue, 21 Sep 2010

  • e

    "Write what you know" is the advice well-meaning instructors give beginning writers, and most first-time novelists mine their own experiences for material. So it is with Matt Beaumont, former copywriter at several London advertising firms, whose firs ... (read full critics)

    flakmag published on Tue, 31 Aug 2010

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    You have to be in advertising..

    ... or know someone who's in advertising and still reels from it to enjoy this book, but if you do, you'll laugh through gritted teeth at Beaumont's genius in taking the piss out of that world. A similar operation was attempted by Beigbeder in the same years, and you can see the different concepts o ... (continue)

    ... or know someone who's in advertising and still reels from it to enjoy this book, but if you do, you'll laugh through gritted teeth at Beaumont's genius in taking the piss out of that world. A similar operation was attempted by Beigbeder in the same years, and you can see the different concepts of humour: the French book ("Lire 26.900") is virulent and vulgar, "E" is British stiff-upper-lip and light-hearted.

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    Paola said on Feb 11, 2008 | Add your feedback

  • Presented entirely in emails, this satire of modern corporate culture and management written 10 years ago is hilarious and reflects the business world today.

    Very funny. Looking forward to the sequel, E2.

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    Tracy W said on Jul 21, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  • English Books
  • Paperback 352 Pages
  • ISBN-10: 000710068X
  • ISBN-13: 9780007100682
  • Publisher: HarperCollins
  • Pub date: Jan 01, 2000
  • Dimensions: 1226 mm x 839 mm x 129 mm Just how big is that?
  • Also available as: eBook
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