The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Set in Afghanistan in the years of change of monarchy to American-led democracy, The Kite Runner is a father and son story with a difference..

The window into the Afghan mindset is enlightening, and seems totally believable. Unusually, the author chooses as the narrator of the story, a little toad, a spoilt brat and a coward, however, this works, and the story unfolds nicely holding your interest up to the end. There is much sadness and brutality in the story but also some pieces of touching kindness.

Well worth a read

8/10