If you enjoyed Scoop, you might like Waugh's Decline and Fall, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. 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. 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. Cadell must embody a range of wildly eccentric characters who say the most outrageous. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Simon Cadell takes on the formidable task of narrating SCOOP. Scoop is also a member of The 1938 Club, a week of book reviews and blog posts about the reading of 1938, that’s taking place between 11 and 17 April 2016. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. This special podcast scripts recap from Why I Really like This Book, is on Scoop, Evelyn Waugh’s magnificent satire about newspaper journalism. For inside the cover of SCOOP lies the semi-autobiographical confession of a man shunned by his peers, of a family fallen from grace and rejected by those the author most admired, the. At first glance Scoop is s novel of chance, coincidence, and manipulation. One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news. SCOOP - Evelyn Waugh (1938) Grab a copy and get reading.
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