Saddam stole my title!

Saddam's novel a bestseller despite ban

AMMAN (Reuters) - Move over Harry Potter. In Amman's downtown bazaars, the bestselling book these days is Saddam Hussein's bootlegged novel "Get out of here, curse you!"

Banned by Jordan on the grounds the 186-page tale of an Arab tribesman who defeats foreign invaders could harm relations between Jordan and Iraq, Saddam's latest novel has become so popular booksellers say they can't keep up with demand.

"We had copies but they sold out after the book was banned," the owner of a kiosk in a busy Amman street told Reuters. (emphasis mine)

Darn it all, Saddam, that's what I was going to name MY book! Now I have to think of another title, and I'm a horrible titler. (Titler? That doesn't seem right. Thinker of titles? One who titles? Titles, titles, titles. The word has lost all meaning.) Anyway, Saddam. Ruins. Everything.

Harumph.