Scoop
by Evelyn Waugh
Lord Copper, a newspaper magnate and owner of The Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive ability to notice ace reporters. But this does not mean that he did not make a strange mistake, and weakness can instantly make another mistake. Acting on Mrs. Algernon Smith's encouragement of dinner, she became convinced that she had struck the man only to illuminate the hopeful little war in the African Republic of Ismailia. One of Evelyn Waugh's most violent comedies, Scoop is a cleverly irreverent satire in Fleet Street and the hectic pursuit of hot news.
