Scoop
A Novel About Journalists
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3.6 • 24 Ratings
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- £3.99
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- £3.99
Publisher Description
Evelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander Waugh
Lord 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
Customer Reviews
Excellent
Hilarious poke at journalists and journalism. Old but good and true
The sample has misprints in it
Hmmm... I really want to read this book but, on downloading the sample, find that most of the instances of the word "the" are replaced by the German "die". Why? This will irritate me greatly and will stop me downloading the whole book until fixed. I think I'll look for a paper edition in light of these problems unless someone can tell me that it's now OK in the e-book version.