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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are
the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously,
and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business
establishments, events, or locales is entirely coincidental.

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Copyright © 2003 by Khaled Hosseini
Readers Guide copyright © 2005 Penguin Group (USA) Inc.
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Cover design and imaging by Honi Werner
Title page illustration by Honi Werner
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The Library of Congress has catalogued the Riverhead hardcover edition as follows:
Hosseini, Khaled.
The kite runner / Khaled Hosseini.
p. cm.
ISBN: 0-7865-6473-3
1. Kåbol (Afghanistan)—Fiction. 2. Male friendship—Fiction.
3. Social classes—Fiction. 4. Afghanistan—Fiction. 5. Betrayal—Fiction.
6. Boys—Fiction. I. Title.
PS3608.O525K58 2003 2003043106
813'.6—dc21