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Evelyn Waugh
Evelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander WaughLord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Acting on a dinner party tip from Mrs Algernon Stitch, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. But for, pale, ineffectual William Boot, editor of the Daily Beast's 'nature notes' column, being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error...'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'Christopher Hitchens
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Author
Evelyn Waugh
Pages
320
Publisher
Penguin Books Limited
Published Date
2012-05-31
ISBN
0141907177 9780141907178
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"Evelyn Waugh is my favorite writer of satire. Maybe my favorite writer bar none. Scoop is HILARIOUS! I've read it least 5 times. I feel it's a great start when picking up Evelyn Waugh. "
Jeffrey Collette
"I had a hard time getting into this book and ended up putting it down for a week. After I got back into it I missed a pretty key development! But I eventually figured it out and started to appreciate the story's humor. It's a bit of a farce for the 1930s newspaper industry, and reads a bit like a Wodehouse novel with less silliness. <br/><br/>Oh, and Evelyn was a man. I kept forgetting."
Andrew Greene