Sidney Sheldon: Savior of Civilization
Daniel Drezner points us to a fascinating feature in the Chicago Tribune on Baghdad's book bazaars and how the events of the last year have affected their business.
What are Iraqis selling and reading? Works by Shiite clerics, religious text, formerly banned books, volumes looted from libraries and private collections, and American paperbacks. The upshot for the merchants is: freedom's good; competition's a pain in the keister; and it's really nice not to get beaten or taken away for having the wrong book in sight of the authorities.
My favorite part is this:
A lifetime devotee of popular American novels, Toma's guru is Sidney Sheldon, and he has an ambitious dream for the new Iraq. He wants to open a Sidney Sheldon Institute for Modern English, where he will teach English to Iraqis and reveal to them the literary magic of the blockbuster American novelist.
Where do I send funding?
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Just let that roll off your
Just let that roll off your tongue:
Sidney Sheldon Institute for Modern English
Democracy! Whisky! Sexy! could be the cheer for the SSIME soccer team or something.