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Title: The novel is constructed in circular form as ...
Review: (***** = breathtaking, **** = excellent, *** = good, ** = flawed, * = bad)... a man from Afghanistan, now living in San Franciso in 2001, gets news from the old country that touches off all his shameful memories of growing up in Afghanistan in the 1970s, disappointing his ultra-tough father, and failing dramatically to be much of a friend to Hassan, a servant boy who thought of him as a best friend.Now he hears that Hassan's son is in trouble back in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan, and he realizes he has a chance to redeem himself. Full chapter-by-chapter synopsis available (with spoilers, of course) at ImpatientReader-dot-com.
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