{"product_id":"scoop","title":"Evelyn Waugh: Scoop [2022] hardback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, now in a beautiful hardback edition with a new Introduction by Alexander Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e's 'nature notes' column, being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIf you enjoyed \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e, you might like Waugh's \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall\u003c\/i\u003e, also available in Penguin Modern Classics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Waugh, Evelyn","offers":[{"title":"New","offer_id":46552444830035,"sku":"9780241585306","price":19.5,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/waugh-evelyn-scoop-9780241585306-50523412300115.jpg?v=1682531070","url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.pro\/products\/scoop","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}