So let's just acknowledge two things. First, Evelyn Waugh was not a pleasant person. Anything you read about him makes that clear. Second, this book is full of racism. There's no way to get around that. Once you've acknowledged those two issues, this book is fabulous. Satire at its best! Wil...
For nearly two weeks now, the bent and creased copy of Scoop sitting on my desk has been staring at me. Patiently. Waiting whether I was going to write a review or not. On finishing the book I had exactly two feelings about it: 1. As far as satire of the press goes, Waugh created the most deli...
bookshelves: published-1937, play-dramatisation, fraudio, amusing, war Read in August, 2009 ** spoiler alert ** togsA NEW Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel.Unambitious writer William Boot is mistaken for a successful journalist and sent to cover a war in Africa....
The random number generator seemed to have second time lucky, as it puled up Scoop as my next novel to read. It also seemed somewhat relevant what with the phone-hacking scandal that has been sweeping the UK, and seems to be touching America too.The novel opens following John Boot, an explorer who h...
Oh, I'm really enjoying this one!This book is probably the quintessence of a certain reactionary British humour that I adore, despite its appalling snobbery towards the non Anglo-Saxon world. Well, perhaps that snobbery is exactly what I like.Anyways, having tried (and stopped) a modest career in jo...
togsA NEW Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel.Unambitious writer William Boot is mistaken for a successful journalist and sent to cover a war in Africa. There he teams up with a roguish agency reporter called Corker and the pair go hunting for a story together...One ...
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