The Afterparty
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Tweets
leobenedictus
This is an intriguing test. #afterpartybook
zoelaura
#afterpartybook. There you go
Dempster2000
@leobenedictus Yeah good luck with the ‘stealth marketing’ ploy. It’ll never wor…#afterpartybook #afterpartybook #afterpartybook #afterp
zoelaura
@leobenedictus no god. In that case ‘everyone must follow @zoelaura’. #afterpartybook.
oilysailor
Van der Vaart’s suicide after only six months in the English game was inevitable #afterpartybook
moonjets
superintendant ywenty SKY going to the get a drink #afterpartybook
AnthonyC1988
Just finished the afterparty by leo benedictus, wow like no novel i have and will ever read. A landmark novel! #theafterpartybook
BetaRish
Hell is other people’s glamswank parties. #afterpartybook
mpphillips
IT’S BALLS. #afterpartybook
icemark
RT @mpphillips: IT’S BALLS. #afterpartybook
john_self
@leobenedictus @mpphillips “NOW ONLY 99p!” #afterpartybook
leobenedictus
@john_self @mpphillips So very, very droll. #afterpartybook
RobBuckley
I have no idea why I’m retweeting this, but hell, why not? RT @mpphillips: IT’S BALLS. #afterpartybook
JonLeeWriter
@mpphillips I read the first chapter. It’s really good. But, for these purposes, IT’S BALLS #afterpartybook
mpphillips
The IT’S BALLS campaign is on fire. There are FOUR of us now, not including the BALLSY cop-out @chriswakling. Join us! #afterpartybook
chriswakling
@mpphillips ‘Ballsy Cop-Out’ = ‘So Cool But Play’. That took ages. #afterpartybook
lizfraser1
@chriswakling aha, I like BALLSY. I also like the other stuff you said about it. Your work here is done! @leobenedictus #afterpartybook
lizfraser1
@chriswakling you are SO @leobenedictus’s book whore. I can only do hashtags in tweets. You have alphamum book club! *sighs*#afterpartybook
lizfraser1
@leobenedictus @chriswakling we are now all his slaves. We have been captured into the #afterpartybook net! *does it again*
mredwards
Oops, I used the wrong hashtag for my Afterparty tweet. It should have been #afterpartybook. Silly me.
DigitalDanHouse
‘Wow’, exclaimed R Kelly, ‘there’s so much great cuisine on offer here it’s as if this party was catered.’ #afterpartybook
Renegatus
Also signed myself up to moderate and prune the #afterpartybook Twitter entries. Damn you, free wine.
chriswakling
So, bookgroup devoured #afterpartybook: ‘Brill-bleak’ ‘Celeb-clever’ ‘Drug-sharp’ ‘The snail!’ and … ‘There’s a man under the ice cube!’
cognacbrown
If Spike Jonze wrote an airport novel then the Leo Benedictus’ ‘The Afterparty’ would be it #afterpartybook
Tiny_Camels
Without postmodern trickery #afterpartybook wld still be a pretty sharp funny & sad media satire. Wout media satire it wld be zip. Go figure
ellijandro
Just finished #theafterpartybook in one go. My inner english geek loved the meta-fiction/post moderness. V funny also. Gd wrk leo/william
FlossieTeacake
Vicki Watson clutching a copy of #afterpartybook. Through happy synchronicity, I am taking notes with my @leobenedictus pen. Marvellous.
mpphillips
@FlossieTeacake A @leobenedictus pen. Would that be a ball(s)point? #afterpartybook
fridayproject
I’d rather be reading 21st Century Dodos by Steve Stack #afterpartybook
firebookswap
Come to the Firestation Book Swap, every third Thursday in Windsor. It’s great. #afterpartybook
EmmaB4
Hear, hear RT @firebookswap Come to the Firestation Book Swap, every third Thursday in Windsor. It’s great. #afterpartybook
SmartShirtSoc
RT @firebookswap: Come to the Firestation Book Swap, every third Thursday in Windsor. It’s great. #afterpartybook
leobenedictus
Now THIS is getting into the spirit of things. RT @fridayproject I’d rather be reading 21st Century Dodos by Steve Stack #afterpartybook
meandmybigmouth
Hello Kat x #afterpartybook
katobell
Hello Scott x #afterpartybook
john_self
@Baddiel @leobenedictus If only you’d tagged that #afterpartybook, it would be on the paperback (as this tweet will be).
jessevershed
@leobenedictus just finished #afterpartybook after seeing your first ever reading at review bookshop, Sunny Peckham. page turning enjoyment.
jessevershed
@leobenedictus also, how peculiar to be in a world so recent, yet so pre-twitter… #afterpartybook #2005
JezzaTrev
@leobenedictus Give peas a chance! #afterpartybook
StevieFM
#afterpartybook
charlieplum101
@IamJamieG The Afterparty (possibly by Leo Benedictus) is the book you need dear Giles! It’s perfect for Ritalin lovers #afterpartybook
charlieplum101
@IamJamieG harsh giles, i should have told you i’m a personal friend of william mendez #afterpartybook
alicemhancock
Read this book; better than an afterparty, morning after effects just as damaging http://t.co/V2p2nq5 #afterpartybook
JuandeFrancisco
@VarsityUK #afterpartybook
condorcet
@VarsityUK Great piece about Leo Benedictus! #afterpartybook
gavinjamesbower
The blurb was right. I really haven’t read a book like the #afterpartybook before. Post-Meta-Benedictus-Fiction at its best, @leobenedictus
emmaryoung
#afterpartybook
entropic1
Got my treat for the long weekend: the #afterpartybook by Leo Benedictus finally arrived today. I’m glad. I’m glad.
bookhashtags
The Afterparty, #afterpartybook by Leo Benedictus has been added at http://bookhashtags.com/book?id=146
matthewharvey
Just finished #Afterpartybook by Leo Benedictus. Not only is it AWESOME, it’s got fictional versions of Rebekah Wade and Andy Coulson in it!
RosyPosy19
After an amusing twitter convo with author @leobenedictus I def recommend #afterpartybook to anyone! ;)
fechtbuch
At Latitude, a man handed me a piece of paper with cryptic instructions. Perhaps he was a spy. #afterpartybook
mralexcheeseman
Did it really happen or is it a novel or is it both or will I never find out? #afterpartybook – read it in 2 days, relaxing by the pool.
tristanyeoh
Dear Daniel/“William”, this tweet idea – like Malc’s sheepdog encounter – is fantastic. Leo would be proud. #afterpartybook
adoingword
I hereby nominate @leobenedictus’ #afterpartybook as a deserving #fridayreads candidate. There.
Fintalloneword
@bookworm1979 Yep If I’d won, was going to give friend’s address. I was gripped. V clever piece of writing by @leobenedictus #afterpartybook
ScottDDixon
Just finished ‘The Afterparty’ by Leo Benedictus. Never read a book like it, very clever how it mixes reality and fiction #afterpartybook
bookhashtags
The Afterparty, #afterpartybook by Leo Benedictus is the featured book of the day at http://t.co/2IFImsG
ERMarty
Will definitely be Amazon wishlisting #afterpartybook by (the unbeknownst to me) Leo Benedictus – always interested in the undiscovered :)
sefasaurus_r
ex
The #afterpartybook is shaping up to be a good read, but I’m a little confused – is it real or not? You know what I mean if you’ve read it.
CRL_HE
#afterpartybook is taking twists that I didn’t see in the beginning. Also enjoying the style of writing! Has gone beyond my expectations!
sefasaurus_rex
@vintagebookclub here’s what I thought! :) also check out the comment! http://t.co/dqCAXK3 #afterpartybook
CRL_HE
@vintagebookclub #afterpartybook was great! Much better than I anticipated, great style of writing. Already lent it to someone else! :-)
vintagebookclub
Remember, any tweet with the hashtag #afterpartybook may end up being included in the paperback version!
JonathanCape
any tweet you write with #afterpartybook included can still get included in the @vintagebooks edition of @leobenedictus’s book out next yr.
JonathanCape
5 copies of hilarious celeb satire #afterpartybook by @leobenedictus given to first to answer with names of the last 3 Xfactor winners!
sbroadhurst
@JonathanCape joe mceldery, matt cardle and alexanda burke #afterpartybook
JonathanCape
@melspur great work! DM address and will send copy. tweet with hashtag #afterpartybook to get your tweet printed in back of next edition!
phillipjedwards
@JonathanCape Is it too late to win the #afterpartybook? The last 3 X Factor winners were Joe McElderberry, Matt Cardie & Alexanda Burke
phillipjedwards
@JonathanCape So if I spelled the names Joe McElderry, Matt Cardle & Alexandra Burke properly would I win one? The #afterpartybook that is?
Fintalloneword
Self-publishing be damned! Twitter tag fame awaits. All this & a rollicking good read. You’re spoiling us, Mr B, so you are. #afterpartybook
AntF
#afterpartybook Very unique book. Fascinating to watch it be created while you read. Feels remarkably realistic. Met the Author at Latitude
Shemadene
I enjoyed the #afterpartybook so much that I’m reading it again & recommending it to friends.
leobenedictus
THANK YOU to the sharp eyes at the Practical Law book club, for pointing out some errors in the novel. (And for reading it.) #afterpartybook
LigaDugdale
@leobenedictus That’s what you get from lawyers… Loved the book but as mentioned think you should sort out those fonts! #afterpartybook
andi_t
@leobenedictus Surely if you had you could have just asked the actual author to re-send it to you? #theafterparty
mikegrady87
@leobenedictus I haven’t read it yet. But I want to. #afterbookparty
mikegrady87
@leobenedictus Erm…I meant #afterpartybook, naturally. I lost out to a woman in Waterstone’s the other week over the last copy.
Shemadene
In fact “I’m sorry for rubber-stamping your desk, i dont know what came over me” could be a line in #afterpartybook
leobenedictus
ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE. Tweet anything with #afterpartybook and we’ll print it in the p/back. Best tweet today wins free copy. Ends midnight.
raygarraty
Why I’m still hangover if I drank only water? #afterpartybook
sarahaxtell1
This book’s rather good – I like this Leo Benedictus character’s style. Hope he writes another one sometime soon! #afterpartybook
Ziggy_Evitts
#afterpartybook Monday start. A Whygirl in falsetty workskins left Dr Robert with a broken nose, a bag of grey pills and I smiled at her.
leobenedictus
Thanks for some great tweets with #afterpartybook (and variants). JUST ONE HOUR OR SO LEFT TO GO.
leobenedictus
Any messages with #afterpartybook sent now may well end up as the last lines in the paperback. …
booksellercrow
@leobenedictus #afterpartybook and then, they all lived happily ever after.
clairemaugham
@leobenedictus all I know is what the words know #afterpartybook
autogyro42
It was all the fever dream of a grimly despairing subeditor in a dystopian future. The End. #afterpartybook
natapoupard
@leobenedictus On finishing The Afterparty book I feel it has all the good viral techniques to make it a truly “live” book #afterpartybook
neilcole
If I *had* gone to the Awards after-party last night, I would never’ve finished reading #afterpartybook today #hyperfiction
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