Described as the first novel to be written by an Afghan in English, this is the story of an unlikely friendship between a rich boy and a servant’s son, set against the history of Afghanistan from the fall of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present.

Now a doctor in California, Hosseini was born in Kabul and granted political asylum in the US in the Eighties.

What the critics are saying:

The Kite Runner offers a moving portrait of modern Afghanistan, from its pre-Russian- invasion glory days through the terrible reign of the Taliban.

- Entertainment Weekly

Brilliant. . . both as a political chronicle and a deeply personal tale about how childhood choices affect our adult lives.

- Publishers Weekly

Ranks among the best- written and provocative stories of the year so far.

- Denver Post

From the first lines, Khaled Hosseini shows how an engaging novel begins — with simple, exquisite writing that compels the reader to turn the page.

- Star Tribune

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