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The number one bestseller, chosen as a Book of the Decade by The Times, Daily Telegraph and Guardian

`Devastating' Daily Telegraph

`Heartbreaking' The Times

`Unforgettable' Isabel Allende

`Haunting' Independent

Afghanistan, 1975: Twelve-year-old Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament and his loyal friend Hassan promises to help him. But neither of the boys can foresee what will happen to Hassan that afternoon, an event that is to shatter their lives. After the Russians invade and the family is forced to flee to America, Amir realises that one day he must return to Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.

Book details

Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

• Full title: The Kite Runner
• Author: Khaled Hosseini
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 368
• EAN: 9781526604736
• ISBN: 9781526604736
• ID: 19430730
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Weight: 200 g
• Dimensions: 111 × 177 × 33 mm
• Date of publishing: 23. August 2018

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