Year Published : 1938
Author : Evelyn Waugh
Nationality : English
Publisher : Penguin Modern Classics
Genre : 20th Century, English Literature, Satire
Pages : 222
Blurb : 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 had 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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