The main objective of this study was to investigate the notion of the saviour concept in the selected post-2003 Iraqi war novels. In this study I argued that the novelistic publication in Iraq post-2003 war and the U.S invasion of Iraq flourished after the drastic change in the political, social, cultural and economic life of Iraqis. The saviour concept is discussed in three contemporary novels written by three Iraqi novelists; namelyFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed Saadawi, A Hope to Live by Fawzi Al Hindawi, and The Tobacco Keeper by Ali Bader. The themes and discourses in the novels witnessed new trends and styles of writing and became the real reflection of life and sufferings of Iraqis. The saviour concept as a theme was adopted from the universal phenomena based on the English novel Frankenstein by Mary Shelley. This concept is employed consciously to convey the idea of the Saviour as the last resort and hope for those who are suffering from marginalization and impover.....

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