Scoop

By - Evelyn Waugh

Floor - Floor 3

Published - Penguin, Sydney, 2010

ISBN 10 - 0141195126

ISBN 13 - 9780141195124

Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.

Subject - War correspondents

Shelf No - 8

Call Number - 823.912 WAU

Physical Description - 222 pages ; 18 cm

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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. One of Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news.

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