{"product_id":"9780141184029","title":"Modern Classics Scoop","description":"\u003cb\u003eEvelyn Waugh's brilliantly irreverent satire of Fleet Street, with an introduction by Alexander Waugh\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, 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 \u003ci\u003eDaily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e's 'nature notes' column, being mistaken for a competent journalist may prove to be a fatal error...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Waugh at the mid-season point of his perfect pitch'\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Hitchens","brand":"Evelyn Waugh","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","offer_id":50206215930213,"sku":"9780141184029","price":21.99,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/2651\/2997\/files\/BNCImageAPI_605cf1af-1405-4bb6-a78d-1698f5a36ab9.jpg?v=1774373134","url":"https:\/\/www.commonplaceingersoll.ca\/products\/9780141184029","provider":"Commonplace Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}