Ebook {Epub PDF} Scoop by Evelyn Waugh

Title: Scoop Author: Waugh, Evelyn [Arthur Evelyn St John] () Date of first publication: [this version, with new preface]; [original version] Edition used as base for this ebook: London: Chapman Hall, Date first posted: 18 April Date last updated: 18 April Project Gutenberg Canada ebook # 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 s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger/5(). Evelyn Waugh’s Scoop () is a satire on journalism and the endless, wild pursuit of the hottest news. Published to widespread critical acclaim, it is still read widely today. For many critics, this is one of Waugh’s best works. It was once included in The Observer’s list of the greatest novels of all time.

Title: Scoop Author: Waugh, Evelyn [Arthur Evelyn St John] () Date of first publication: [this version, with new preface]; [original version] Edition used as base for this ebook: London: Chapman Hall, Date first posted: 18 April Date last updated: 18 April Project Gutenberg Canada ebook # 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 s 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. Author Bio for Waugh, Evelyn (Arthur Evelyn St John) Arthur Evelyn St. John Waugh (28 October —10 April ) was an English writer of novels, biographies and travel books. He was also a prolific journalist and reviewer of books. His most famous works include the early satires Decline and Fall () and A Handful of Dust (), the.

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 s and the story of William Boot, a innocent hick from the country who writes careful essays about the habits of the badger. Scoop () was Evelyn Waugh’s fifth published novel. It continues the comic themes he had established with Decline and Fall (), Vile Bodies (), Black Mischief (), and A Handful of Dust (). A naive and innocent young man is swept up into events which are beyond his control. Scoop is a television film directed by Gavin Millar, adapted by William Boyd from the satirical novel Scoop by Evelyn Waugh. It was produced by Sue Birtwistle with executive producers Nick Elliott and Patrick Garland. Original music was made by Stanley Myers. The story is about a reporter sent to the fictional African state of Ishmaelia by accident.