Another one bought at the airport today - but it was half price!!!!

Taken from the back of the book:
This is a story of fathers and sons, friendship and betrayal, and the casualties of fate.

Read by over 8 million people, this astonishing international bestseller won the Penguin/Orange Readers' Group Prize in both 2006 and 2007.

In the 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.

What a wonderful book. Not quite sure what I was expecting, but probably not what I got! I just couldn't put it down, a truly absorbing tale, which doesn't seem sufficient to describe, just how good I found it.

A fascinating and very absorbing story - couldn't put the book down. Very sad - the horrors of war are never pleasant - but there was a glimmer of hope at the end which was encouraging.

Sent on to sooz99

Beside the bed waiting to be read.... well I've actually read the first few chapters but I want to finish some of my other books first so that I can get truly entranced in this one. So far it looks like it deserves the praise.

It took me a while to read this book but I really did enjoy it. I loved the way he described Afghanistan before and then after all the troubles. It was very interesting and insightful and I loved the fact that I didn't know where the story was going to go. Definately recommend it.

Not quite what I was expecting - could not put the book down as I was desperate to know what happened next. Sad / disturbing in places but a good read.