WOW

[dangermousie]

I have just learned that in his free time from being a dictator, Saddam Hussein was also a...romance novelist?

WTF.

WTF.

WTF.

See BBC article if you don't believe me. What next, Kim Jong Il likes to do puppet shows? An article on the plot and another article.

My Mom has come across a Russian translation of his 'debut' and she told me it makes Danielle Steele seem like Umberto Eco. (She also said the translation makes the sucky book even worse). Now I simply must find these 'gems'

WTF.

WTF.

Seriously: WTF!!!

Comments

[rawles.livejournal.com]

THERE IS SO MUCH WTF I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH MYSELF!

?!?!?!?!?!?!

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Yup! I have it in Russian somewhere!

Or, I may not own it, but I remember someone showing it to me once. I think it's somewhere in our house still, though.

[katranna.livejournal.com]

Also, while those articles may have the plot, I am disappointed that they do not quote the descriptions of Zabibah's sexy, sexy ankles (that can be seen when she falls to the ground before the king and the hem of her abaya flares up) and heaving rounded breasts (whose shape can just be slightly made out under the heavy cloth)!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I think it's somewhere in our house still, though.

It is, because that's where Mom was reading it.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

(whose shape can just be slightly made out under the heavy cloth)!

Oh my. We have a Barbara Cartland with a mustache...

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. It's like my world...it is shaken :P

[katranna.livejournal.com]

So by "find these gems," you meant "come over to visit sometime"?

[smartylibrarian.livejournal.com]

You hadn't heard about this?! I suppose all authoritarian leaders come to a point where they believe they are infallible in Everything.

What about Lynne Cheney's novel, Sisters (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisters_%28Lynne_Cheney_novel%29)?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

You are kidding. Sisters? OMG. Must read.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Hell yeah.

[ambergold.livejournal.com]

Oh please. They've got to be kidding. There is no way. Notice that they don't and can't confirm that he actually did write it-they really have no idea, in spite of maybe some inconsequential pointers or whatever. In my opinion, it's another of those media play-games, where they grab hold of something completely ridiculous and pump it way out of proportion.

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

I just laughed so loudly I may have scared the neighbors.
SERIOUSLY? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA!!!!!!!!

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. Isn't it the best thing ever?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Heh. I think they have enough pointers to have reason to think it's him. I really hope it is because...OMG. Hilarious.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Who knew he had enough time to crank out these novels while killing and torturing people and building all of those elaborate palaces?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

I know. A new definition of a Renaissance man, huh?

[bennet-7.livejournal.com]

HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!

(and has this icon ever been more appropriate?)

[antiqueskies.livejournal.com]

Oh it so is. It made my day, completely and utterly. Saddam. Hussein. Wrote. A. Crappy. Romance. Novel. Ohyes.
/bursts out laughing again/

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Never trust a romance novelist!

[vierran45.livejournal.com]

OMG! WTF! ROFLMAO! - and various other letter combinations.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

ROFL.

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

Basically. He's a Middle East Barbara Cartland?

[dangermousie.livejournal.com]

That icon is PERFECT.

[weissman.livejournal.com]

Thats scarry

Bob W