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8803938 No.8803938 [Reply] [Original]

Flying to Kuwait in a few days, need some advice - can I bring "The Kite Runner" by Khaled Hosseini with me? I heard great things about it, and I think it would be fun to read in the Middle East, IF I won't get into trouble for having it with me...

>> No.8803963

>>8803938
Are you retarded? Or just American?

>> No.8803972

>>8803963
For the sake of argument let's call me retarded, and maybe give me a straight answer? I read that the book was banned on the Kuwait Book Fair

>> No.8805548

yeah no one reads here anyway

>> No.8805565

The author rapes a little boy as Oscar bait sometime in the first few chapters. They fly some kites. That's it.

>> No.8805575

>>8803938
It's an erotic novel about Afghan tea boys

>> No.8805644

>>8803938
A thousand splendid Suns is way better.
Kite is not nearly as exciting, but I remember enjoying Hosseini's imagery.

As for whether or not to bring it, you are probably retarded.

>> No.8805645

read the satanic verses

>> No.8805646

It's shit.
The last scene is hilarious.
Grown ass dude flies his kite around and cuts the strings of the other kids' kites like a fucking manchild. It's meant to be some great cathartic end to his character arc but he's the only one there with any context so it's just stupid.
It's a fucking drag don't waste your time.