Modern Classics Scoop

<b>Evelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street with an introduction by Alexander Waugh</b> <p/>Lord Copper newspaper magnate and proprietor of <i>The Daily Beast</i> 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 <i>Daily Beast</i>'s 'nature notes' column being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error... <p/>'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'<br>Christopher Hitchens