num_pages: 120
description: History, both political and literary, was made when W.F. Deedes met Evelyn Waugh in 1935. Both were in Abyssinia to cover a war, and While Deedes was principally concerned with filing copy to London, the author of Brideshead Revisited had another agenda and another novel in mind, Scoop. As Waugh drank, played poker, and observed hacks in seedy hotel bars in Addis Ababa, he focussed on one young reporter. In this memoir, Deedes considers that "little" war and its importance with hindsight, while offering unique memories of his difficult companion.
language: English
title: At War with Waugh: The Real Story of Scoop
titlecomplete: At War with Waugh: The Real Story of Scoop
genres: Nonfiction
ratings_count: 22
publisher: Pan Books