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The Last Kestrel (2010)

by Jill McGivering(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0007338171 (ISBN13: 9780007338177)

languge

English

genre

Fiction

publisher

Blue Door

review 1: War has been part of living in Afghanistan for a long time. The people are geared to survival on a number of levels. How they measure and respond is quite different from how a western raised person might expect. The book familiarizes the reader with a number of characters in a number of positions. The clashes are extreme and the degree of truth of the information is never dependable. Heroes become traitors in the blink of an eyelash. Also friends become enemies. Or could that be true anywhere in a given situation. I thought this was a very good book and a worthwhile one insofar as offering a picture of the setting and people involved.
review 2: A British reporter is embedded with British troops in Afghanistan and discovers corruption and greed. This ... morebook is compared to The Kite Runner; however, I disagree. If anything it is closer to A Thousand Splendid Suns, but I feel it should not be compared at all. It is a well written book that took me on a trip to a far away land where I was able to experience a different culture and environment. less

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