Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. If you enjoyed Scoop, you might like Waugh's Decline and Fall, also available in Penguin Modern Classics. Overview Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of the century, Scoop is a 'thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny' satire of the journalism business (New York Times). 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. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another.
Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters.
Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.Evelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Alexander Waugh The pages are companionable, creamy, clean, clear, comfortable, certain. On the copyright page note that the '8' of 1938 is raised and is often confused as a '3'. The front pastedown has an ex-libris plate designed by the extraordinary Robert Giddings. The bad cover has some splash marks from storage. This copy's cover has some wear about the edges and head and foot of the spine. Mrs Stitch was vibrantly based on Diana Cooper (who indeed read and wrote all of her letters in bed her driving was eccentric and wild until the day she gave up in her eighties her loathing of taxi-drivers was impeccable). The hapless journalist was based on William Deedes (later a legendary Fleet Street editor himself his barely repressed curiosity remained until his last days as did his taste for Scotch). Scoop is, of course, Waugh's first real comedy novel. The last word on page 88 is "as" - this indicates that this copy is a TRUE FIRST edition and FIRST IMPRESSION.
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