{"product_id":"2940171959456","title":"At War With Waugh: The Real Story of 'Scoop'","description":"\u003cp\u003eHistory, both political and literary, was made when W. F. Deedes met Evelyn Waugh in 1935. Both were in Abyssinia to cover a war which many in England regarded with bewildered indifference but which profoundly influenced an impending global conflict. Whilst Deedes was principally concerned with filing copy to London, the author of \u003ci\u003eBrideshead Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e had another agenda and another novel in mind, \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e As Waugh drank, played poker and observed hacks in seedy hotel bars in Addis Ababa, he focussed on one young reporter. W. F. Deedes has always denied his association with \u003ci\u003eScoop\u003c\/i\u003e's Boot, the innocent abroad and nature-notes writer who is accidentally dispatched to a war-zone. However, he acknowledges some similaritiesamp;mdash;particularly the tonnage of kit he shipped from London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Bill Deedes considers that 'little' war and its importance with the hindsight of a further sixty-odd years of impeccably thoughtful reporting from other battlefields, whilst offering unique memories of his difficult contemporaryamp;mdash;arguably the finest English novelist of his time. Written with characteristic wit, insight and affection, \u003ci\u003eAt War With Waugh\u003c\/i\u003e is a small classic.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pan Macmillan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47116340297968,"sku":"2940171959456","price":11.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940171959456_p0.jpg?v=1769906622","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940171959456","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}