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Scoop

"Evelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Through a series of accidents and mistaken identity, Boot is hired as a war correspondent for a Fleet Street newspaper. The uncomprehending Boot is sent to the fictional African country of Ishmaelia to cover an expected revolution. Although he has no idea what he is doing and he can't understand the incomprehensible telegrams from his London editors, Boot eventually gets the big story."--Amazon.com.

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  • "Roman over journalisten"

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  • "Satire in which a nature writer is mistakenly sent to Africa to cover the civil war and becomes the star of British journalism."
  • ""Evelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Through a series of accidents and mistaken identity, Boot is hired as a war correspondent for a Fleet Street newspaper. The uncomprehending Boot is sent to the fictional African country of Ishmaelia to cover an expected revolution. Although he has no idea what he is doing and he can't understand the incomprehensible telegrams from his London editors, Boot eventually gets the big story."--Amazon.com."@en
  • ""Evelyn Waugh was one of literature's great curmudgeons and a scathingly funny satirist. Scoop is a comedy of England's newspaper business of the 1930s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Through a series of accidents and mistaken identity, Boot is hired as a war correspondent for a Fleet Street newspaper. The uncomprehending Boot is sent to the fictional African country of Ishmaelia to cover an expected revolution. Although he has no idea what he is doing and he can't understand the incomprehensible telegrams from his London editors, Boot eventually gets the big story."--Amazon.com."
  • ""Ingenius, satirical, extremely funny ... Mr. Waugh's ribald wit spurts in a brisk uninterrupted flow upon the caprices of sensational journalism. 'Scoop' is entertaining reading all through, with more than a single good laugh or chuckle to the page." Times Literary Supplement. "With this book, England's wittiest novelist sets a new standard for comic extravaganza ... The one real message concerning 'Scoop' is that it is thoroughly enjoyable, uproariously funny, and that everyone should get a copy at once." New York Times Book Review."
  • "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, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. So begins Scoop, Waugh's exuberant comedy of mistaken identity and brilliantly irreverent satire of the 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, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia."--Provided by publisher."@en

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  • "Powieść angielska"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Satire"
  • "Satire"@en
  • "Satirical novels"
  • "Satirické romány"
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "English fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Hauptwerk vor 1945"
  • "Tekstuitgave"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Autobiographical fiction"@en
  • "Autobiographical fiction"
  • "Anglické romány"
  • "War stories"
  • "War stories"@en

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  • "Jymyjuttu : romaani lehtimiehistä"@fi
  • "Der Knüller : Roman"
  • "¡Noticia bomba!"@es
  • "¡Noticia bomba!"
  • "Scoop : A novel : (Reset)"
  • "Scoop : Roman"
  • "Scoop"
  • "Scoop"@en
  • "Die grosse Meldung"
  • "Noticia bomba! : novela de periodistas"
  • "Press-stopp"
  • "Press-stopp"@sv
  • "Heet van de naald"
  • "Sensation!"
  • "Primicia novela de periodistas"
  • "Die grosse Meldung Roman"
  • "Die große Meldung (Scoop, dt.) Roman"
  • "Scoop [talking book] : a novel"
  • "Scoop : a novel"
  • "Scoop : a novel"@en
  • "Scoop, a novel"@en
  • "Scoop ; a novel"
  • "Press-stopp : (Till svenska av Margaretha Ode lbe rg)"
  • "Der Knüller"
  • "Scoop : a novel by evelyn waugh"
  • "¡Noticia Bomba! : novela de periodistas"
  • "SCOOP"
  • "Die grosse Meldung : Roman"
  • "Die große Meldung Roman"
  • "Primicia : novela de periodistas"
  • "¡Noticia bomba! : novela de periodistas"@es
  • "¡Noticia bomba! : novela de periodistas"
  • "Sólokapr : román o novinářích"
  • "Scoop : a novel about journalists"@en
  • "Scoop a novel"@en
  • "Scoop a novel"
  • "Scoop a novel about journalists"
  • "Sensation !"

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