Scoop : A novel about journalists
by Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
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- Paperback
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About This Item
Harmondsworth : Penguin Books, 1948. Second Edition. Softcover. Good paperback copy; edges somewhat dust-dulled and nicked. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Series: Penguin Books ; no. 455. Physical description: 233p. ; 19cm. Notes: First published in the series in 1943. Subjects: War correspondents ; Fiction. Press, Great Britain ; Fiction. Satire. English literature, 20th century.
Synopsis
In SCOOP , a "newspaper adventure," Evelyn Waugh tells the tale of garden coulumnist William Boot gets sent to Ishmaelia to cover a war, finds everything but a war, and returns as a golden child of British media. Altogether a fine, ascerbic, British satire on the print media in the 1930's.
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- Title
- Scoop : A novel about journalists
- Author
- Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)
- Format/Binding
- Softcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Harmondsworth : Penguin Books
- Date Published
- 1948
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