THE KITE RUNNER The Kite Runner (Riverhead Essential Editions)

New York, NY: Riverhead Books, 2004. First Edition, First Printing . Paperback. Very Good/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW & Bright, Softcover/Good; strong & sound w/edge & surface rubs, faint creasing to lower front corner, and archival-tape repaired closed tear to back cover. Debut novel of Afghan-American author & physician Khaled Hosseini (1965 - ). Set in 2003 during n Afghanistan's political and warfare strife. Tale of Amir, heir to a wealthy Kabul businessman, and Hassan, son of a family servant. Inseparable, the two grew up under relatively stable Afghanistan world order of the early 1970s. So, they shared idyllic days flying kites. Then, comes war. Amir immigrates to California. Here, Amir, deeply torchured for once not having stood up for Hassan in the face of bullism, and learning Hassan's family has been annihilated by the Taliban, returns to his war-torn motherland to rescue his friend., whose parents had had been killed by the Taliband. This is but the background --- a brilliant, startling plot with twists and turns that make this book memorable both as a political chronicle and a deeply personal narrative. Very strong copy in a lesser softcover.