Scoop by Evelyn Waugh
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Book Reviews of Scoop
Book Review: Hilarious, fast, and right on target.
Summary: 5 Stars
It would be a great mistake to think this is only a satirical look at 1930's English journalism and African politics. Nearly everything Waugh says is as true today as it was then. Only the names and technology have changed--and they haven't been changed to protect the innocent! As a journalist who's been to Africa, it seems right on target. "Scoop" is a very funny satire. Waugh's best, along with "The Loved One." Read it if you're interested in the media, humor, politics, history, or books that make fun of all of that and more. Talk about "Wag the Dog!"Book Review: SATIRE AT ITS BEST
Summary: 5 Stars
Evelyn Waugh, one of the greatest satirists that ever lived, does it again in Scoop. With his brilliance, wit, and keen observational skills, he weaves together one unforgettable story of mistaken identities, colourful characters and superb irony. This book had me bursting out into uncontrollable peals of laughter (but then again, what Evelyn Waugh book doesn't?) time and time again. This is, simply put, a work of genius-- no doubt of that. Evelyn Waugh will forever remain one of my literary heroes. If I could only write half as good as he did....Book Review: Still funny
Summary: 5 Stars
I had forgotten how funny Evelyn Waugh was. These days he is getting canonized as a serious novelist and the critics look down on his farcical romps. I re-read rhis. remembering that it had seemed funny at the time, but wondering how funny something written in 1937 could be.Its political incorrectness jars on me less than it did when I first read it fifty years ago. Non-white people are referred to by obsolete terms based on the color of their skins, but no racial group is held up as wiser or superior. All are skewered.
Book Review: a well written funny look at journalism and Africa
Summary: 5 Stars
Evelyn Waugh's is at his best here. He takes on the press barons, foreign correspondents, the world of diplomacy and 1930's Africa policy. It is a world where virtually no one in power tells the truth. And nobody is what he seems. Through a mix-up the wrong Boot is sent to cover the war in Africa. Eventually "Boot of the Beast" gets the big headline.
After you read this, the phrase "up to a point" will have new meaning.Book Review: Required Reading
Summary: 5 Stars
Every "journalist" should be forced to read this book, at gunpoint if necessary. Scoop is a great book; I found myself laughing out loud every few pages. Waugh pokes fun at numerous targets, but I think that his jabs at the newspaper trade and the pretensions of its practitioners are especially scathing. It's a tremendously funny novel, and it rings true more than six decades later. I'd give it 100 stars if I could.