At War with Waugh: The Real Story of "Scoop" |
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William Deedes, Evelyn Waugh
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Pages: 120 (Paperback)
ISBN: 033041268X
Pub: Pan Books
Pub date: 2004-04-02
Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15674
Reader Reviews:
Superb fun (11/11 people found this helpful)
Anyone who enjoyed Evelyn Waugh's Scoop will be delighted by William Deedes' real life account of war correspondence in 1930s Abyssinia. Many of the journalists and officials turn out to be even more amusing and outlandish than Waugh made their fictional counterparts. The complex character of Waugh is also given honest treatment through Deedes' eyes, with as much admiration as criticism offered. It's also a nostalgic journey to a now long-past era, with our world of instant global communication and no more expensive, unreliable telegraphing, let alone cleft sticks. Deedes' account and Waugh's novel share common ground in their record of the tragedy as well as the bathos of war. A relatively quick read, but an excellent one.
A piece of perfect history (21/23 people found this helpful)
I read the extracts of this book in The Daily Telegraph and immediately fell in love with the feel of the days of empire and the civilised Englishman abroad. I immediateley bought Scoop and awaited publication. I was not to be disappointed : a simply delightful read. Why has so much been lost of what this country stood for?
Deedes takes you through a fascinating journey. I loved every minute.
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