{"product_id":"scoop-evelyn-waugh","title":"Scoop (Evelyn Waugh)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an 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\u003e'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hitchens\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e was born in Hampstead in 1903 and educated at Hertford College, Oxford. In 1928 he published his first novel, \u003ci\u003eDecline and Fall, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was soon followed by \u003ci\u003eVile Bodies \u003c\/i\u003e(1930), \u003ci\u003eBlack Mischief\u003c\/i\u003e (1932), \u003ci\u003eA Handful of Dust\u003c\/i\u003e (1934) and \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e (1938). During these years he also travelled extensively and converted to Catholicism. In 1939 Waugh was commissioned in the Royal Marines and later transferred to the Royal Horse Guards, experiences which informed his \u003ci\u003eSword of Honour \u003c\/i\u003etrilogy (1952-61). His most famous novel, \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited \u003c\/i\u003e(1945), was written while on leave from the army. Waugh died in 1966.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), B-format, Englisch, 336 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":63622104809821,"sku":"K067380185","price":10.8,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/247014-6738018500001A.jpg?v=1772046864","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/scoop-evelyn-waugh","provider":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}