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“The older I got and the more wars I covered – I have done about 18 – the more true it became”–Veteran BBC journalist Martin Bell on Evelyn Waugh’s journalistic satire Scoop.
“I think it is the best description of a foreign correspondent’s career, and I doubt it will ever be bettered.”
Spies, Lies and Foreign Correspondents
Richard Beeston, Foreign Correspondent
“Everything about this book is perfect, from the prose to the characters to the Swiss-clock workings of the plot.”
Andy Borowitz, Comedians & Humorist
“The older I got and the more wars I covered – I have done about 18 – the more true it became. Everything is there.”
Martin Bell, Foreign Correspondent
“I re-read it recently and was struck by how unchanged Fleet Street is, 80 years after it was written.”
Toby Young, Journalist
“Everybody remembers Fleet Street and journalism and Lord Copper and The Daily Beast but the novel is about a classic, almost Shakespearean, case of mistaken identity.”
William Boyd, Novelist
Robert Cottrell
M C Beaton
