Scoop
by:
Evelyn Waugh (author)
In "Scoop, " surreptitiously dubbed "a newspaper adventure, " Waugh flays Fleet Street and the social pastimes of its war correspondants as he tells how William Boot became the star of British super-journalism an how, leaving part of his shirt in the claws of the lovely Katchen, he returned from...
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In "Scoop, " surreptitiously dubbed "a newspaper adventure, " Waugh flays Fleet Street and the social pastimes of its war correspondants as he tells how William Boot became the star of British super-journalism an how, leaving part of his shirt in the claws of the lovely Katchen, he returned from Ishmaelia to London as the "Daily's Beast's" more accoladed overseas reporter.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780316926102 (0316926108)
Publish date: October 30th 1977
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Pages no: 311
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Novels,
Humor,
Writing,
Comedy,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Cultural,
Africa,
Book Club,
20th Century,
Journalism
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...
Possibly the most funny out of everything I've read by Eeeeeeeeevlyn Waugh and I find journalists boring.
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....
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