William Boot

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William Boot is the bumbling, nature-obsessed journalist protagonist of Evelyn Waugh’s satirical novel "Scoop," sent abroad as an unlikely foreign correspondent.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional character
literary character
novel protagonist
appearsIn Scoop NERFINISHED
associatedWithTheme incompetence in foreign reporting
media sensationalism
satire of journalism
basedIn Boot Magna Hall NERFINISHED
characterTrait bumbling
naive
nature-obsessed
createdBy Evelyn Waugh NERFINISHED
employer Daily Beast NERFINISHED
familyBackground minor English gentry
firstAppearance Scoop NERFINISHED
firstPublicationYearOfWork 1938
genreOfWorkAppearedIn comic novel
satire
languageOfWorkAppearedIn English
literaryPeriod 20th-century British literature
medium novel
nationality British
notableFor comic misadventures as a reporter
misunderstanding foreign affairs
occupation foreign correspondent
journalist
protagonistOf Scoop NERFINISHED
sentAs war correspondent
sentTo Ishmaelia NERFINISHED
settingOfMainStory Ishmaelia NERFINISHED
specialization nature writing

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Scoop mainCharacter William Boot
Scoop protagonist William Boot
Scoop character William Boot