In the winter of 1975, a twelve-year-old boy stood at the entrance to an alley in Kabul and made a choice. He has been living inside that choice ever since.

The Kite Runner is the story of Amir — a Pashtun boy who had everything, including the most loyal friend he would ever have — and what he did, and did not do, on the day that defined the rest of his life. It is the story of Hassan, who said for you, a thousand times over, and meant it even at the moment it cost him most. It is the story of a country that was beautiful and then wasn't, of a childhood that couldn't be recovered, and of a man who travels back across the world to find out whether there is still a way to be good again.

This is the complete immersive breakdown of Khaled Hosseini's devastating debut — every character, every moment of guilt and grace, every beat of one of the most emotionally powerful stories of the last twenty years. The alley. The watch. The call from Pakistan. Taliban Kabul. Sohrab and the slingshot. And a park in San Francisco where a kite string finally means something again.

By the end you will feel the weight of it the way Amir does. Completely. And for a long time after.