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Evelyn Waugh''s brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander Waugh

Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, 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 Daily Beast''s ''nature notes'' column, being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error...

''Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch''
Christopher Hitchens

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 07/12/2000
      ISBN13: 9780141184029, 978-0141184029
      ISBN10: 0141184027
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      Book Synopsis

      Evelyn Waugh''s brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander Waugh

      Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of The Daily Beast, 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 Daily Beast''s ''nature notes'' column, being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error...

      ''Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch''
      Christopher Hitchens

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