The "Daily Mail" has appeared in a number of novels. These include Evelyn Waugh's 1938 novel "Scoop" which was based on Waugh's experiences as a writer for the "Daily Mail." In the book the newspaper is renamed "The Daily Beast". The newspaper was also the subject of a parody song by the Irish Volunteers during the Tan War, and popularized by the band "The Irish Brigade" in 2004. In the song, they were mocked as being sensationalist of nationalist activities (lyric: and the IRA just sent me a time bomb in the mail, and I'm shaking in my shoes as I'm typing out the news), as well as being portrayed as out-of-touch and delusional (lyric: every hen is laying hand grenades). The newspaper appeared in Nicci French's 2008 novel "The Memory Game," a psychological thriller.