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99 Nights in Logar
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Product details
| Published | 18 Feb 2019 |
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| Format | Paperback |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 288 |
| ISBN | 9781408898437 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Circus |
| Dimensions | 216 x 135 mm |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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Reviews
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Charming and unpredictable … A narrative style fizzing with surprise
Observer
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As in Khaled Hosseini's The Kite Runner, Kochai uses the viewpoint of a child to shape a narrative that presents the realities of war with a degree of innocence. But where Hosseini shocks, Kochai, whose band of teenagers are loutish, naughty and effortlessly funny, has a rarer talent: he makes us laugh
Literary Review
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A revelation, in every sense of the word ... A romp, a poem, a prayer, a song of childhood, like youth itself, the writing is all energy, adventure, and possibility. Jamil Jan Kochai is an astoundingly talented writer. Listen up
Justin Torres, author of We the Animals
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Imagine a twelve-year-old Don Quixote traversing a world full of absurdities and tragedies ... Hilariously sad and heartbreakingly funny. Jamil Jan Kochai, a thrilling new writer, achieves in this book that rare quality of a storyteller both ageless and contemporary
Yiyun Li, author of Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
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Ferocious, funny, rude, and freewheeling, 99 Nights in Logar is an insider's portrait of modern Afghanistan - written with deep affection and zero piety. A brilliant and stylish debut
Karan Mahajan, author of The Association of Small Bombs
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A first novel of tremendous promise. 99 Nights in Logar unfolds with complexity and inventiveness, revealing the many ways each generation must contend with the decisions of the generations before. An auspicious debut that captures with great urgency what awaits the generation coming of age now
Idra Novey, author of Ways to Disappear
























