24. Why was The Kite Runner so popular?
Khaled Hosseini's debut novel The Kite Runner has sold over 10 million copies since its publication in 2003. What made it achieve such a stratospheric level of popularity? Is the story just that good? Or is there something else at play?
Review by Harvey Thompson https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2008/03/kite-m25.html
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