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A hilarious and very modern novel about life, work and relationships from the bestselling author of E
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Out of the ashes of doomed ad agency Miller Shanks has risen Meerkat 360, a very 21st century workplace. Staff include David Crutton, an MD with the worst email signature in history; Milton Keane, a definitely-straight PA with a yearning for reality tv fame; Liam O'Keefe, a creative with an online gambling addiction who may be linked with the contents of the stationery cupboard appearing on eBay; and Harvey Harvey, a creative who politely replies to pornographic spam and who might just have met his future wife online - a rich Nigerian princess in deep trouble...
Told entirely via emails, texts, webchat and blogs, the long-awaited follow up to E is a hilariously funny insight into the hearts, minds and inboxes of the world's most engagingly dysfunctional ad agency.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Matt Beaumont has wowed again with a fantastic follow up to the original E, E2 is edgier than its predecessers and a simply hilarious read. All of the memorable characters of E and E before Christmas are back and are acompanied buy a variety of equally disfunctional primadonnas and sociopaths. This is essntial reading for anyone with a naughty sense of humor. Simply fantastic and well worth the wait.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've been waiting for this to come out for ages, ever since I found out that there would be a follow up to E, I was worried that i would be building it up too much..
But I wasn't
Introducing more memorable characters including Roisin the scary and sweary receptionist, the "sooo not gay" Milton, Harvey Harvey (not a typo) plus old favourites David and Liam this sequel combines the razor sharp wit of it's predecessor with some unexpected moments of melancholy and pathos
Enjoy
But I wasn't
Introducing more memorable characters including Roisin the scary and sweary receptionist, the "sooo not gay" Milton, Harvey Harvey (not a typo) plus old favourites David and Liam this sequel combines the razor sharp wit of it's predecessor with some unexpected moments of melancholy and pathos
Enjoy
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I also have the previous novel on this theme by Matt Beaumont "e - a novel" and as my review shows it was one of the funniest novels that I had ever read. It was incredibly well conceived, and put together, reflecting, admittedly exaggeratedly, situations found in many offices, but painted with a comedic brush, which could be related to by virtually everyone who has worked in an office and seen the machinations, romances, naked ambition, skulduggery, office politics, and downright stupidity that is a feature in just about every office in the land. So accurate and real were the characterisations, that you felt that you had met many if not all of the characters already in your working career.
However, "E Squared" didn't quite give me the same level of enjoyment, and whilst it was not a bad read, it lacked a little something. "E - a novel", was very much orientated towards the activities of the Advertising Agency, whereas this book tends to concentrate more on matters outside of the Agency and on quirky personal issues. I found the electronic chatter going on beyond the E mail flow, eg MSN, not to be relevant to the strength or humour of the story, and frankly somewhat superfluous, and without which would have not affected the story and would have compacted the book into a more readable and interest sustaining length.
There are some really funny running gags, such as the automatic and seemingly uncorrectable e-mail signature, and the EBay 'For Sale' notices following thefts of a multitude of expensive items ie. Champagne, Top of the range colour photocopier etc. that were being nicked to try and settle one executives gambling debts.
Perhaps life in an Advertising Agency has now run it's course from the point of view of humorous email analysis is concerned, but I feel the author has got a potentially saleable format here, if applied across other types of concerns, for example such as PR firms, Model Agencies, Football Clubs, Theatrical Production Companies, Publishers and so on.
However, "E Squared" didn't quite give me the same level of enjoyment, and whilst it was not a bad read, it lacked a little something. "E - a novel", was very much orientated towards the activities of the Advertising Agency, whereas this book tends to concentrate more on matters outside of the Agency and on quirky personal issues. I found the electronic chatter going on beyond the E mail flow, eg MSN, not to be relevant to the strength or humour of the story, and frankly somewhat superfluous, and without which would have not affected the story and would have compacted the book into a more readable and interest sustaining length.
There are some really funny running gags, such as the automatic and seemingly uncorrectable e-mail signature, and the EBay 'For Sale' notices following thefts of a multitude of expensive items ie. Champagne, Top of the range colour photocopier etc. that were being nicked to try and settle one executives gambling debts.
Perhaps life in an Advertising Agency has now run it's course from the point of view of humorous email analysis is concerned, but I feel the author has got a potentially saleable format here, if applied across other types of concerns, for example such as PR firms, Model Agencies, Football Clubs, Theatrical Production Companies, Publishers and so on.
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Hilarious
A very entertaining read but not quite as good as the first book, E but still laugh out loud, sit grinning on the tube hilarious.
Published 15 days ago by Emma Rose Hurst
Great Sequel to the first book
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Continues in the same format as the first, with the addition of "texts" to each other as well as emails etc. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Aileen Pettigrew
laughs on every page - and eerie feelings of deja vu
This book is hilarious - I haven't managed to read the original 'e' yet, but am glad I grabbed this one to read. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Keen Reader
Edgy, Entertaining, Epistolary!
Wikipedia tells me that this is considered an example of an epistolary novel which I gather, refers to the fact that the story is told through a series of digital correspondances... Read more
Published 15 months ago by IdeaSmith
If you loved e, give it a go
If you haven't read e, go read it. Now. It was one of the funniest books I read in the 2000s.
If you have read it, you'll be wondering if the sequel is as good. Read more
If you have read it, you'll be wondering if the sequel is as good. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Thomas Weaver
E Squared, then Cubed !
I had recently re-read 'E', so when I saw this follow up, I had to read it. Wasn't disappointed - maybe the coincidences and the situations ocasionally strain to the far-fetched,... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Suzi A
Good Entertaining Read
I thought this was a funny and unique look at the loves and lives of the crazy workers at a fictitious Ad Agency, it didn't make me laugh out loud, but I did chuckle a couple of... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mrs. C. Colbert
Need E3 now!!!
Totally loved E, and only read E2 when I came across it in the library (remember those?), a bit like finding a golden ticket in a Wonka bar. Read more
Published 20 months ago by M. R. Greenhead
Sometimes a good story is better off left as it is
Was eagerly waiting for this book as E and the short novella that followed it had many laugh out loud moments. E2 is just clumsy by comparison. Read more
Published 21 months ago by NjGriffin
A laugh-out-louda
I'd read e quite some time ago. e was written entirely in email form. As a writer, I know it's not easy to keep the reader involved, to ensure the pace is fast yet at the same time... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Mel Sherratt
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