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16th October 2008

Fake Sheik to HarperCollins

09.04.08 Graeme Neill

HarperCollins will be publishing the memoirs of the "Fake Sheik", whose journalistic stings for the News of the World have involved Sven-Goran Eriksson, George Galloway and David Mellor.

Confessions of a Fake Sheik by Mazher Mahmood will be published in September. World rights were acquired from Mahmood by Jonathan Taylor, publishing director for non-fiction. HarperCollins' parent company News Corporation also owns the News of the World.

HarperCollins said the book was a "gripping and hugely entertaining account of a life behind the headlines. "He will also tell the behind-the-scenes stories of how he exposed corrupt officials, drug dealers, paedophiles, people traffickers and terrorists, leading to a total of 230 criminal convictions so far," it said.

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