The 10th anniversary edition of the New Yo r k Times bestseller a nd international classic loved by millions of readers. The unfo r gettable, heartbreaking sto r y of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy a nd the son of his father's servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, a nd the possibility of redemption, a nd an explo r ation of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies. A sweeping sto r y of family, love, a nd friendship told against the devastating backdr op of the histo r y of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual a nd powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.