978-1-58838-202-3
1-58838-202-8
$17.95 hardcover
5½ x 7½
96 pages
August
Humor/Politics
Told from a vantage point of long ago and far away,
Ali Dubyiah and the Forty
Thieves reconstructs from the recently discovered journals of Ibrahim Barzouni—the
tale of the ruler George W. "Dubyiah" Fratbush, son of the earlier monarch Wimpbush,
and the Fall of the American Empire. After Ali Dubyiah ascends to the kingship, his
lust for power draws him into a gambit to take possession of the world, together with his
band of thieves including Dick Chaingang, Donald Rumsfailed, and Paul Werewolf.
Donning his warrior's garb, Dubyiah battles the evil Saddam Gomorrah and Osama bin
Hiden but how long can Ali Dubyiah lie, cheat, and steal before his subjects rise
up against him? Ali Dubyiah and the Forty Thieves is an ancient morality play with
starkly contemporary overtones.
John Egerton has been a “professional South-watcher” for half a century. He is the author of Speak Now Against the Day; Southern Food: At Home, On the Road, In History; and The Americanization of Dixie. He calls his new book “a fable ... a parable ... a cautionary tale” in the genre of “political science-fiction.”