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The Kite Runner

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ISBN: 9781526604743
AuthorHosseini, Khaled
Pub Date23/08/2018
BindingPaperback
Pages368
CountryGBR
Dewey813.6
€11.69

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`Devastating' Daily Telegraph

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`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.

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THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER

`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.

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