A book written in email form? There's a novel idea.

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Set in a London ad agency desperate to land a coveted big account, e follows the bureaucratic bungling, cutthroat manoeuvres, 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.

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This book is a must, it's hilarious and despite being written in email-form, each character is immediately recognisable and so real you know they're based on real people in the business. Three weeks of agency antics, and I promise you'll laugh out loud several times.

You can find E: A Novel by Matt Beaumont at well stocked bookstores like Barnes and Noble