Get Out of Here, Curse You
Ok folks, let’s keep this orderly; try to contain your emotions. Saddam Hussein’s novel, already a bestseller in Jordan, is being released in Japan. And we all know what that means: it’ll be at your local Barnes & Nobl within a month.
The historical novel depicts ancient tribal warfare and includes chapters entitled “The Foreigner Who Sold the Tribes”, “Retaliatory Tactics” and “The Burning of the Twin Towers” (but not the ones in New York, since, duh, those didn’t exist yet).
But, you know, I always thought of Saddam as more of a lyrical writer. Which is why it’s nice to read that “the book has a melodic clarity to it that suggests it could be adapted to the stage.
“I really think this book should be made into a musical,” says Itsuko Hirata, the Japanese journalist and translator who brought to book to Japan. “And once this is done, it should play in the heart of his enemy’s country, on Broadway.”
SOMEWHERE IN THE DUSTY DESERT
A YOUNG, MUSTACHIOED SADAM SITS WITH A PRETTY GIRL DRAWING WATER
SADDAM:Tra-la-la, I’m going kill your family, tra-la-la. Unless you agree to be my wife.
GIRL: But I told you that I’m married; you met my husband!
SADDAM: And your husband’s throat has met my knife! Tra-la-leeee!
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