-Book Review: "The Kite Runner"
by Dr. D ~ January 27th, 2008
By Khalid Hosseini (New York: Riverhead Books -Penguin Group, 2003, 271 pages)
The story starts with a phone call taken by a young man with an old family friend on the other end telling him that he needs to come back to the Middle East and care of some family business. Then the story line flashes back 20 years and in the process the author gives us an interesting taste and view of old Afghanistan before the Russians, the Taliban, and nearly 20 years of war. <Read the complete review on my Book Review blog>