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It is a new word whose correct use I have only lately learned, said Josephine with dignity. From the moment of her entrance the luncheon party was transformed for Lord Copper; he had gotten a new angle on it.

It is a new word whose correct use I have only lately learned, said Josephine with dignity. I find it applies to nearly everything; Virgil and Miss Brittling and my gymnasium. He knew of Mrs. Stitch; from time to time he had seen her in the distance; now for the first time he found himself riddled through and through, mesmerized, inebriated. Those at the table, witnessing the familiar process, began to conjecture in tones which Lord Copper was too much entranced to overhear, what Julia could possibly want of him.

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Scoop is a 1938 novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire of sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondents

Scoop is a 1938 novel by the English writer Evelyn Waugh. It is a satire of sensationalist journalism and foreign correspondents. William Boot, a young man who lives in genteel poverty, far from the iniquities of London, contributes nature notes to Lord Copper's Daily Beast, a national daily newspaper.

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His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall (1928) and A Handful of Dust (1934), the novel Brideshead Revisited (1945), and the Second World War trilogy Sword of Honour (1952–61).

Evelyn Waugh was a snob, a racist, an anti-semite and a fascist sympathiser whose attitude was, in the words of his biographer David Wykes, " "an illogical extension of his views on the naturalness and rightness of hierarchy as the (main) principle of social organisation". He was also jealous, personally nasty and malicious, had been a bully at school, and as James Lees-Milne said, "the nastiest-tempered man in England".

Evelyn Waugh’s 1938 novel Scoop features journalists and the police in cahoots, and a press lord with a cult of personality. You may opt-out at any time. You agree to receive occasional updates and special offers for The New York Times's products and services. Thank you for subscribing. An error has occurred. View all New York Times newsletters.

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Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. Evelyn Waugh's tale of an innocent abroad is a hilarious satire on journalism, set amidst the powerful currents of the. Evelyn Waugh - Decline and Fall Penguin Books 75 Published reprint 1981 Cover Design: ett. 16 Novels for Bright Young Things Evelyn Waugh "Decline and Fall'. The Roaring Twenties was a glittering era of opulence, defined by extravagant parties and dazzling wealth, an age when glamorous Bright Young Things were.

So begins Scoop, Waugh's exuberant comedy of mistaken identity and brilliantly irreverent satire of the hectic pursuit of hot news.

After seven years of marriage, the beautiful Lady Brenda Last has grown bored with life at Hetton Abbey, the Gothic mansion that is the pride and joy of her husband, Tony. 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. So begins Scoop, Waugh's exuberant comedy of mistaken identity and brilliantly irreverent satire of the hectic pursuit of hot news.