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The timely and critically acclaimed debut novel that's becoming a word-of-mouth phenomenon. An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takesus from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocitiesof the present.

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the processof being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price ofbetrayal, and the possibility of redemption, and it is also about thepower of fathers over sons-their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

The first Afghan novel to be written in English, The Kite Runner tells a sweeping story of family, love, and friendship against abackdrop of history that has not been told in fiction before, bringingto mind the large canvases of the Russian writers of the nineteenthcentury. But just as it is old-fashioned in its narration, it iscontemporary in its subject-the devastating history of Afghanistan overthe last thirty years. As emotionally gripping as it is tender, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful debut.