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Scoop

Evelyn Waugh

Start date: December 1, 2022

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Apr 10, 2015 Laura rated it liked it

Shelves: audio-books, fiction-20th-century, humour, 1000-guardian, british-literature, hf-world-war-ii

From BBC Radio 4:
Dramatisation by Jeremy Front of Evelyn Waugh's satirical 1938 novel.

Episode 1:
Hapless journalist William Boot is mistakenly sent to report on a war in Africa.

Episode 2:
William finds life as a war correspondent somewhat tedious, but he does fall in love and find himself in the middle of a revolution. ...more

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Apr 17, 2020 Chrissie marked it as to-read

Shelves: hf, classics, audible-us, humor

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Oct 19, 2023 Kate rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Shelves: england, satire

"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 Smith, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. One of Evelyn Waugh's most exuberant comedies, "Scoop" is a brilliantly ...more

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Aug 12, 2013 Debbie Hughes rated it really liked it

Great book....even though it was written in the 30's.. It show how journalist and newspapers do or say anything for a story and how it can effect others. It is kind of a story of mishaps ...and blunders. Well written entertaining.
We read this for our book club for August. ...more

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