A beautiful new limited edition paperback of The Kite Runner, published as
part of the Bloomsbury Modern Classics listThe first of the defeated kites
whirled out of control. They fell from the sky like shooting stars with
brilliant, rippling tails, showering the neighbourhood.Amir and Hassan grow
up together in Kabul. Amir in the beautiful house his father built, filled
with marble, gold, tapestries and mosaics; Hassan in the modest mud hut in
the servants' quarters.The two are inseparable, and when twelve-year-old
Amir is desperate to win the local kite-fighting tournament, his loyal
friend promises to help him. But neither boy can predict what will happen
to Hassan that afternoon - as the kites soar over the city - and how it
will change their lives forever.