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by Evelyn Waugh (Author) "While still a young man, John Courteney Boot had, as his publisher proclaimed, 'achieved an assured and enviable position in contemporary letters.' ..." (more)
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  • Hardcover: 321 pages
  • Publisher: Little, Brown (1977)
  • ISBN-10: 0316926175
  • ISBN-13: 978-0316926171
  • Product Dimensions: 19.8 x 13.2 x 3.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic that has lost none of its relevance, 9 May 2004
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This review is from: Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
Scoop is a classic that has long none of its relevance since Waugh satirised the haphazard process of news gathering and reporting.

With the rise of "television news", the crazy mix between internal agendas and accident has perhaps become more wayward. If readers and listeners only knew the half of it ...

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Is the review finished? Up to a point, 1 July 2005
By Ian David Curry "Legal Eagle" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
Waugh is both appreciated and reviled for much the same qualities. The same caustic wit and social observation that sliced through the ridiculous class structure of his time also brought a flippancy and 'carelessness' which in our politically correct age reads uncomfortably.

Scoop is a classic example, essentially involving a mix up in the assignment of a plum overseas journalism posting to cover the Ishmalian civil war. This is written in the age of Goebbels and Stalin, and so it is no surprise to see that the power of the press is essentially responsible for destabilizing the otherwise unassuming African state. Where the journalists decide there is a story, a story will exist. Is it really that different today?

Waugh uses his social observation skills to almost ludicrous extremes, with portraits of Lord Copper, Boot of the Beast and the other journalists in the pack being both ghastly and stunningly incompetent. The novel retains its comic touch, although has dated slightly more than some of Waugh's other works. Essentially many of the caustic barbs would be more suited to an age familiar with the excesses of Beaverbrook and Rothermere.

This is essentially classic Waugh, and thus should be approached with a little prior knowledge of his style. If you like him, you'll love this - I devoured it in a day.

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14 of 15 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars SCOOP: A Satirical Novel, Not A Racist Rant, 23 Jan 2004
This review is from: Scoop: A Novel About Journalists (Penguin Modern Classics) (Paperback)
This is an incredibly funny novel, and a must read for anybody interested in the politics of the world during the 30's, or the farcical nature of the press. All the way through it is funny, and I can think of no novel similar to it.

In regard to the novel being racist, I don't think it is. It must be taken in the context of it's time, much of the language is outdated, and would never be used now for fear of offence, but was, at the time acceptable. The African characters in the book are never criticised more than the white characters, and if anything, the African's end up fooling the journalists and being portrayed as intelligent, insightful characters. How this could be considered racist is a mystery to me.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Timeless satire
Funny at times - hilariously so - it has aged a fair bit: it dates from 1938. Nonetheless, it's a great read. Particularly for somewhere uncomfortable like the beach. Read more
Published 24 days ago by Dublin 4

2.0 out of 5 stars Has not aged well
Scoop is a novel about journalists and the media, and the lengths they will go to for a good story. While there are obvious parallels with the media of the 21st century I am... Read more
Published 4 months ago by Dublinia

1.0 out of 5 stars Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
For the Attention of: Andy Millward (Broxbourne, Herts, UK:

RE: Your Review entitled:
"Waugh reviled & persecuted - try reading between the lines! Read more
Published 9 months ago by Factotum

4.0 out of 5 stars A good read but a bit dated
I'm not really a novel man myself, but I like to read a good one ever so often.

I heard this book dramatized on the radio and thought that it sounded interesting... Read more
Published 10 months ago by J. Victor

4.0 out of 5 stars What goes around, comes around
This is the first Evelyn Waugh novel I have read and found it very humorous in places. Whilst this was clearly set in the 1930's the parallels with modern news gathering struck a... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Simon Whaley

4.0 out of 5 stars Laugh a minuite!
Scoop made me laugh out loud so many times! I love it when a book wholly engages you and you get drawn physically into the readng process (ie laughing, crying)and Waugh made me do... Read more
Published 20 months ago by C. PYE

4.0 out of 5 stars Waugh reviled & persecuted - try reading between the lines!
To Chad, Andy Barnes and others who found Scoop offensive, consider the alternative viewpoint:

I first read this book at Wilmslow Grammar School in the mid-1970s, when it was... Read more

Published on 12 Nov 2003 by Andy Millward

1.0 out of 5 stars Inconsequential and Offensive
Scoop has no place in modern day literature, not just because it is dated, it is also generalised, ignorant, racially intolerant, badly structured, exclusive and isoteric. Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003 by Mr. C. A. Shepherd

4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but still humorous
Scoop is a novel about the crazy world of journalism. The basic of the story is that of mistaken identity; a newspaper magnate orders for the promising John Boot to be sent to... Read more
Published on 21 July 2003

4.0 out of 5 stars Dated but still humorous
Scoop is a novel about the crazy world of journalism. The basic of the story is that of mistaken identity; a newspaper magnate orders for the promising John Boot to be sent to... Read more
Published on 21 July 2003

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