![]() William gets some quick lessons in the devious way of journalists, who are always trying to outwit their colleagues and deliver a scoop. ![]() Geographically, at least, Ishmaelia is identical with Abyssinia. Lord Copper, the arrogant and ignorant owner of the Daily Beast, sends out by mistake a naïve writer of nature columns, William Boot, to cover the war in the fictional East African country of Ishmaelia. The plot rests on some comic twists of fortune. The result was a satirical, farcical novel that takes lighthearted but deadly aim at the newspaper industry and the journalistic profession. Waugh admitted that he had no aptitude for war reporting, but he did observe closely the activities of his fellow journalists. It is based on Waugh's stint as a war correspondent for the London Daily Mail in Abyssinia (now Ethiopia) in 1935, during which he covered the war between Abyssinia and Italy. ![]() Evelyn Waugh's Scoop (London, 1938) is a satire on journalism. ![]()
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