Satire on foreign correspondents in a fantastic tale of one William
Boot, accidentally thrust into the limelight as foreign
correspondent to cover a reputed war in some imagined African
country. It was all a matter of confusion of identity - but Boot
thought himself elected, and went, a victim to every suggestion,
and a success only through his own stubborn inertness, once on the
spot, and his abortive love affair with a stranded tart. He makes
the headlines on a fluke - is a nine day wonder - and then escapes
into anonymity again, leaving another possessor of the name of Boot
to take his cloak of glory. Absurd picture of an African village
over - run with foreign correspondents, virtually forcing an
unwanted civil war upon them, and a satiric commentary on the
methods of English journalism. One expects some subtlety in the
barbed pen of Evelyn Waugh. This seems dully obvious, a sort of
forced and brittle cleverness, with passages of real humor almost
lost in the heavy-farce of much of it. Seems to us limited in sales
appeal. (Kirkus Reviews)
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, he feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising little war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. One of Waugh's most exuberant comedies, Scoop is a brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street and its hectic pursuit of hot news.
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