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The F***ing Epic Twitter Quest Of @MayorEmanuel (2011)

by Daniel Sinker(Favorite Author)

4.29 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

1451655142 (ISBN13: 9781451655148)

languge

English

genre

Humor

publisher

Scribner

review 1: A book based on a Twitter feed shouldn't work, but this one does, because a) @MayorEmanuel is in the pantheon of fake Twitter feeds b) @MayorEmanuel has a strong narrative arc that you appreciate more when you read it from the start c) Dan Sinker does an amazing job of providing annotated commentary, explaining all the obscure references to Chicago politics, the long-running John Cusack movie homage and a dozen other things I didn't notice upon first read-through. Super-enjoyable experience, gives the internet-based to print-based text medium one of very few good examples.
review 2: I kept this on the nightstand for a few weeks to get snippets of hilarity before bedtime, then finished the last 100 pages in one go because it was so oddly compelling. I knew of th... moree Twitter feed as it was happening, but I didn't follow it aggressively. Although this book seems like a disposable Intertubes phenomenon at first, it's also a neat snapshot of a very specific Chicago in a very specific time -- politics, tech startups, snowstorms, social media, t-shirts. And the annotation by Dan Sinker is what will make this book interesting to look back on a decade from now. Also: fucking great use of swears. less

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