![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Algernon Stitch, Lord Copper feels convinced that he has hit on just the chap to cover a promising war in the African Republic of Ishmaelia. That is not to say he has not made the odd blunder, however, and may in a moment of weakness make another. Lord Copper, newspaper magnate and proprietor of the Daily Beast, has always prided himself on his intuitive flair for spotting ace reporters. Included in The Observor's list of 'The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time", Waugh's most tightly plotted novel follows the hapless adventures of William Boots, who finds himself reporting a war he doesn't understand in the East African state of Ishmaelia in a case of mistaken identity, far away from his home and bucolic pursuits. ![]()
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