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Summary: Excellent - and so very very funny
Review: Wonderful read. It will have you laughing out loud - I couldn't put it down and was walking and reading at the same time. Yes, there is a sequel 'The E. before Christmas'. Not as good, but you may need this when you go cold turkey from the first one.
Particularly funny, I think, when you work for an ad agency and recognize some of the quirky anecdotes.

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Summary: true!
Review: I know someone who worked in that agency (obviously McCann Ericsson - London) and not only are some of the stories true, but the characters are very much real. The obvious salt and pepper has of course been added to create more drama, but surely everyone who slaved in any ad agency will relate to some of the incidents and events. Captivating, I went through the book in a straight 5 hours or so. Very funny in many passages, tears literally rolled down my cheeks more than once.
My only negative thought is that the attempt at explaining who's who in the beginning will probably not be clear enough for many outside the industry.

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Summary: Different from other novels, similar to your life...
Review: For the first few pages, you have to go slowly and adjust to the style of writing as well as the idea of having no physical descriptions to help distinguish the characters. After that brief period of getting to know the characters' email "voices", it's a quick read that will have you laughing out loud.

If you work in a place where there is entirely too much email you will probably find this so much funnier. I could relate to everything: the CCing of superiors in someone's subtle power play, BCCing people when I thought I'd written a particularly clever email, bosses who have no idea how their email works...it's all in there, every element of the email-based workplace as well as every annoying clod you work with (or for.)

And if you work in advertising...

This book has already made the rounds at the office, and I'm yet to hear anything approaching negative commentary.

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Summary: A Must Read For Anyone In Advertising
Review: Don't write this one off as being just another novelty book. Aside from the clever format, there's also a great story. And great characters. Characters that anyone in the ad industry will recognize. By just reading other people's inner office emails, you discover so much about everyone. I found it very hard to put down.

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Summary: Wickedly funny!
Review: This book was one of the funniest I've read in a long time. A friend of mine who is also in advertising (as am I) recommended it to me, and I was pretty skeptical at first. I had never heard about of it and neither had many other people. But as soon as I had read it, I couldn't believe that more people didn't know about it! I would honestly recommend it to anyone - whether or not you work in the advertising industry.

The e-mail format makes the book a very easy but enjoyable read. It also makes it incredibly addictive, right from the get go! The author never comes out and describes the characters or settings, but after reading a couple of one-line emails, you know exactly what is going on! I found it really interesting how there would be several emails from different people all talking about the same episode but each giving a different perspective! Make sure you pay attention to the cc and bcc lists too, since these provide additional laughs :D

"e" was hilarious, addictive, smart, but different from anything I've ever read before. What more could you ask for?! I can only hope that Beaumont decides to write a "part 2" for it!

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Summary: What fun!
Review: All email. Advertising agency in London. Treacherous politics, high humor and scandal. What fun!

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Summary: The funniest book I've ever read
Review: Matt beaumont is brilliant. I heard about this book whilst sitting in a bar with some friends who were laughing hysterically. I now know why. This book will give you endless laughs and is a true conversation piece. I would recommend this to anyone who regularly uses email in the workplace. Beaumont's characters are fantastic, hysterical stereotypes and you've got to love them all in their own way. I've just ordered his next book and can't wait. In the meantime, I'll be re-reading E.

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Summary: Makes my office seem cozy....
Review: This book is hysterical! Once you get used to the e-mail format, which'll take you all of 30 seconds, you'll love the style.

After reading about the antics that take place at Miller-Shanks, my workplace seems bearable (well, almost).

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Summary: Re: read this book!
Review: Beaumont makes a great entry into the writing scene with his book "e". It is a great view into the life of high power office politics, where anyone will stab anyone else in the back to get higher and higher up the corporate ladder. The plot movies smoothly, which one would not expect from a book based solely on e-mails (a tremendously creative idea).

One nice thing about this book is that it is laid right out for us. There is not a lot of thinking to do. It may have been nice to have to think a little deeper to figure out what each character was really thinking, but Beaumont sets it out on the table, showing us a single person writing completely contradictory emails, the evil of the two usually being what the character was really scheming.

Some highlights: The CEO's emails getting rerouted to other, non-intended recipients throughout the company. The cat fights between women in the company.

This is a book where the plot lies in the long emails, yet the humor lies in the one-liners, which are not subtle at all.

I found this a pleasant read, read through it in a space of two days, and I would love to read a sequel or a book written in the a-la-email style.

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Summary: "British Humor" triumphs...for once!
Review: E is an amazingly funny book. I first got the book at London-Heathrow on my way back to the states over the summer. I figured I just needed something to read over the 6+ hour flight, and a book comprised entirely of inter-office emails sounded clever. I started reading the book before take-off, and by the time we grounded in LaGuardia, I had finished and was truly amazed. Beaumont's capability to carry a book soley on the power of the electronically-written word amazed me. The book is filled with characters both colorful and lacking in hue, friendly and two-faced, neurotic and scatterbrained. Beaumont manages to weave a tangled web of social scandals, technical difficulties, and a different brand of office "interface." E is a must-read for anyone who doubts that the British can be funny. I did, and now, in the words of Davy Jones, "I'm A Believer."