Evelyn Waugh's Scoop was a terrific read that everyone enjoyed. We were surprised at its currency: even some 70 years after it was written, it felt like you could just have replaced some the names with Rupert Murdoch and Rebecca Brookes and still have the same feel to the story.
There was also a lot of discussion about the China trip which was very thoughtful and enjoyable.
Mark strongly recommended Periera Maintains by Antonio Tabucchi and we agreed to that in spite of him having another fine looking book (whose name I've forgotten) and then there was some discussion about following on from Scoop with another gonzo journalism style book, Hunter S Thompson, William Burroughs or similar. That might be a theme that we can return to later.
The next meeting will be back at The All Nations on 4 November, 2015.
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