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A story of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, and the casualties of fate 1970s Afghanistan: 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 an Afghanistan under Taliban rule to find the one thing that his new world cannot grant him: redemption.
| ISBN | 0747594880 | | Pages | 352 | | ISBN13 | 9780747594888
(What's this?) | | Published in | London | | Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Previous ISBN | 9780747594895 | | Imprint | Bloomsbury Publishing PLC | | Height (mm) | 198 | | Format | Paperback | | Width (mm) | 129 | | Publication date | 27 Oct 2007 | | Spine width (mm) | 21 | | DEWEY | 813.6 | | Academic level | General | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | |
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'Marvellous' Joanna Trollope 'Powerful and involving' Time Out 'The most exquisitely told story of the sad and turbulent recent history of Afghanistan' Penny Smith 'It's remarkable. It's like a condensed history of Afghanistan, mixed with a Shakespearean tale of friendship and love ... brilliant' Ben Fogle, Daily Express  Be the first to write a customer review
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