The Kite Runner is an extraordinary novel by American author Khaled Hosseini. Published in 2003, it is Hosseini's first novel. The Kite Runner tells the story of Amir, a boy from the Wazir Akbar Khan district of Kabul, who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his childhood friend Hassan, the son of his father's Hazara servant. The story is set against a backdrop of tumultuous events, from the fall of the monarchy in Afghanistan through the Soviet invasion, the mass exodus of refugees to Pakistan and the United States, and the Taliban regime.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner
A Movie by the same name, is a 2007 Academy Award-nominated and directed by Marc Forster.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Kite_Runner_(film)
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