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PENGUIN MODERN CLASSICS SCOOP - EVELYN WAUGH ...

One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies  Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of
Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news. 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. 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...If you enjoyed Scoop  you might like Waugh's Decline and Fall  also available in
Penguin Modern Classics.'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'Christopher
Hitchens

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