Saddam's novel to be published next week

Saddam Hussein’s family will publish next week a novel written by the ousted Iraqi leader before the US-led war on Iraq, his daughter said today.

"Ekhroj minha ya mal’un" whose title could be translated into "Get out, damned one", tells the story of a man called Ezekiel who plots to overthrow a town’s sheik, but is defeated in his quest by the sheik’s daughter and an Arab warrior.