The E Before Christmas - Matt Beaumont

Some things naturally follow others. A heavy night’s drinking will often be followed by a hangover. In the same way, a sequel will often follow every successful film, book or album. The comparison doesn’t always end there either, as the sequel is frequently rushed out just to cash in with the success of an original and, like the hangover, not nearly as good as the events which caused it. “The E Before Christmas” follows on from the original “E – A Novel”, picking up events at the Miller Shanks advertising agency some months later. Following the disaster that the agency became, it is time to try and salvage their year by having the best Christmas party ...  Read the complete review

Matt Beaumont, the author of "E" and its sequel, "The e before Christmas", claims to have been fired from some of London's foremost advertising agencies. In "e" and "The e before Christmas" (hereafter called "tebc") he follows the daily ins and outs of Miller Shanks, a typical London advertising agency, which is full of incompetence, indiscretion, egos and attitude problems with a liberal dressing of deceit and bitchiness. Whereas "e" covered Miller Shanks' voyage into the new millennium, "tebc" covers its attempts to organise the Christmas party the following Christmas - and as readers are ...  Read the complete review

Thursday, 21st March 2001 Fluffypup - 21/03/01, 3.39pm To… Dooyoo Book Section CC… Dooyoo Member Profile; File Re… The ‘e’ before Christmas by Matt Beaumont Ohhhhh, no they’re back! The ‘e’ before Christmas is the second instalment to the highly acclaimed and utterly hilarious novel ‘e’ – liars, knickers and lost lunch, by Matt Beaumont. The novel is written in the same love it or loathe it e-mail style (see above shenanigans). The second ‘e’ is set within the rather dysfunctional London advertising agency of Millershanks (MS). However did they manage ...  Read the complete review