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Author: Matthew Beaumont
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,...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780007105311
ISBN-10: 0007105312
Publication Date: 5/30/2005
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Publisher: Gardners Books
Book Type: Paperback
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reviewed E on + 6 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
A new approach to telling a story. I felt like i was eavesdropping as I read through the emails, at the same time I was seeing a story unfold.
reviewed E on + 74 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
It's clever & really very very funny. Don't worry too much about keeping all the minor characters clear.
scubydewgirl avatar reviewed E on + 12 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I actually have the UK version - ISBN # 0-00-710068-X.

From Publishers Weekly
Lightbulb jokes, office snafus and scatological humor are ostensibly the stuff of comedy in this debut epistolary novel constituted solely of e-mails. It's the dawn of the new millennium and the London advertising firm of Miller Shanks is about to embark on two weeks of intensive effort with the goal of winning the most impressive jewel in the industry's crown: the $84 billion Coca-Cola account. Meanwhile, a team has been dispatched to Mauritius for a location shoot, where they run afoul of Ivana Trump, and a technological glitch has been rerouting all of the CEO's communications to the Helsinki office, so the Finns have cheerfully blundered their way into the Coke campaign with an ABBA-esque pitch. The one-dimensional characters are predictable typesDthe prima donna creative director, the touchy-feely copywriter, the many sycophants and backstabbersDwith not a real protagonist in sight to hang the reader's sympathies on. The plot is thin, the internecine conflicts will likely intrigue only those with a particular interest in advertising, the constant paranoid jockeying for power is tiresome and the clich d office sexual shenanigans lose their juice when played out in the noncorporeal land of cyberspace. In an age of swiftly advancing technology, this material already seems dated with its Y2K references. In theory, a novel composed solely of digital correspondence should provide voyeuristic, warp-speed fun. In practice, this one is like reading endless pages of other people's junk mail. (Oct.)
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BookwormMary avatar reviewed E on
I started this one and finished it within 3 evenings of reading - I really liked it! The story is written as a series of emails between workers for an advertising agency. Just about anyone who works in a corporate office environment will be able to relate to the various characters and some of the crazy situations in which they find themselves.
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I read this in 2 days. Written in email format so it was a breeze. I love the concept.


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