Non-toxic Scoop: A Novel About Journalists Save Big: 75% Off [VBvp76Cr]

Stock No. 18093

Authors: Evelyn, WAUGH

London: Chapman & Hall, 1938

First Edition, first state text, with the '8' in publication date indistinct and slightly raised and the 's' of 'as' present in the last line on page 88. Original snakeskin effect cloth with gilt lettering to spine. pp [xi], 4-308 + [1] page of publisher's adverts. Mild toning to endpapers and half-title A Fine copy. Evelyn Waugh's supreme 1930s Fleet Street satire. Following publication, there was a vibrant quest for models. Fleet Street folklore has William Boot based on William Deedes and Lord Copper on lords Northcliffe and Beaverbrook. Scoop was made into a BBC serial in 1972 and also a television film scripted by William Boyd in 1987, starring Denholm Elliott, and directed by Gavin Millar. The fictional newspaper owned by Lord Copper in Scoop has also been the inspiration for the title of Tina Brown's online American publication, the 'Daily Beast'.