Occupation of Iraq Satirized in New Novel 'Hocus Potus'

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Published August 30, 2007 at 1:22 PM PDT

This story was published more than 16 years ago.

Hocus Potus is the title of a new satiric novel about the U.S. occupation in Iraq. It's written by Malcolm MacPherson, a veteran journalist who reported from Iraq for Time Magazine.

Tom Fudge: There have been many satires written about war. Catch-22 is well known, and there are many others. Now, a former Time Magazine correspondent has written one about Iraq. The novel is called Hocus Potus , and the author is Malcolm MacPherson. In the story, a con man named Rick Gannon says he may have located Saddam's weapons of mass destruction.

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Malcolm MacPherson, journalist and the author of 13 fiction and non-fiction works. He reported from Iraq for Time Magazine . His last book is a work of fiction, called Hocus Potus .

Occupation of Iraq Satirized in New Novel 'Hocus Potus'

Hocus Potus is the title of a new satiric novel about the U.S. occupation in Iraq. It's written by Malcolm MacPherson, a veteran journalist who reported from Iraq for Time Magazine.

Hocus Potus is the title of a new satiric novel about the U.S. occupation in Iraq. It's written by Malcolm MacPherson, a veteran journalist who reported from Iraq for Time Magazine.