The kite runner

Apowerful and best-selling novel about friendship, betrayal, and the journey toward redemption, set against the backdrop of Afghanistan’s tumultuous history from the 1970s to the early 2000s. The story is narrated by Amir, a privileged Pashtun boy in Kabul who is the son of a wealthy and respected man known as Baba. Amir’s closest friend is Hassan, the son of Baba’s Hazara servant, Ali, who belongs to a persecuted ethnic minority.