The Kite Runner

It is about a boy from Afghanistan who is haunted by the guilt of betraying his friend, who is the son of his fathers servant. The book takes place around 1989 when the fall of the Afghanistan monarchy occurred, which takes place in the novel.It is a very well written and interesting book especially for being the author, Hosseini's first novel. He has written two more books, one is a sequence to The Kite Runner called A Thousand Splendid Sons. I haven't read it yet but i hear it is even better then the first one.The Kite Runner was made into a movie which came out on DVD in march. It is a great movie and it's even in the original language of Afghanistan so it has subtitles. The movie, of course, isn't as good as the book because books are always better but it still is a must see.The book is challenging mainly because of the setting being in a different country with the whole different culture. However that was my favorit part about the book the fact that it was different then most books I have read read. Sometimes you have to jump out of your element. Even though i will probabaly never visit Afghanistan i can still read about it and pretend like i'm there.