Dr. Bush and Mr. Hide

The telephone rings in the office of the Secretary of Defence at the White House. A spokesman for Osama bin-Laden invites the President and his Cabinet to meet secretly al-Qaida's leader in Afghanistan. Purpose: to resolve the conflict between Islam and the West. Desperate in the face of low public opinion polls and talk of impeachment the President accepts. </p><p>In Tora Bora the guests find bin-Laden-an engineer - is enjoying a luxurious life underground. The two leaders discuss political religious and cultural issues and accuse each other of heinous acts of terrorism. Eventually both confess their sins and declare repentance. Meanwhile Laura Condy and Hillary (Surprise! Surprise!) learn Arabic and belly dancing and embrace the veil. Condy falls in love with Osama who proposes to make her his fifth wife. </p><p>The President and bin-Laden finally reach an ingenious but deceitful agreement. When the President returns to Washington and gives a nationally televised press conference the watchdogs of democracy witness some ghastly transformations. </p><p><I>Dr. Bush and Mr. Hide</I> is a fantasy satirical novel about a political Crusader and a radical Jihadi enmeshed in a ruthless war between fundamentalist Islam and secular materialistic West.