The Taliban Cricket Club - Hardcover

Murari, Timeri N

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0062091255 ISBN 13: 9780062091253

Publisher: Ecco Press, 2012

Synopsis

"A moving, splendidly realized story of courage and grit in modern-day Kabul."
--Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire

A harrowing yet tender novel--Bend It Like Beckham in a burka--The Taliban Cricket Club is a moving and unforgettable tale of one woman's courage and guile in the face of terror and tyranny. Set in war-torn Kabul, Afghanistan, this extraordinary new fiction by Timeri N. Murari, acclaimed author of the international bestseller, Taj, is a sweeping story of love, family, resilience, and survival, featuring an unforgettable heroine determined to help her loved ones win their freedom with a bat and a ball.

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Review:

"Fans of Khaled Hosseini's "The Kite Runner" will here find a similarly uplifting story about good people surviving their horrific circumstances. . . . Murari has crafted a tense, compelling story."--Library Journal

"An engaging new novel. . . . Murari's imagined tale of how a desperate group of Afghans seizes this opportunity to seek their freedom offers insights into the dangers, deprivations, passions, and aspirations of everyday Afghan life."--National Geographic Traveler

"Required reading."--New York Post

"There is a twist in the tale--and it is a clever one."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A compelling novel about cricket in war-torn Kabul, narrated by a young woman who refuses to be silenced by the Taliban."--Shelf Awareness

An engaging new novel. . . . Murari s imagined tale of how a desperate group of Afghans seizes this opportunity to seek their freedom offers insights into the dangers, deprivations, passions, and aspirations of everyday Afghan life. --National Geographic Traveler"

Fans of Khaled Hosseini s "The Kite Runner" will here find a similarly uplifting story about good people surviving their horrific circumstances. . . . Murari has crafted a tense, compelling story. --Library Journal"

There is a twist in the tale and it is a clever one. --San Francisco Chronicle"

Required reading. --New York Post"

A beautifully written novel that takes the reader through the shrouded world of one woman whose only crime is being a woman.... I loved this riveting book. --Deborah Rodriguez, "New York Times" bestselling author of "Kabul Beauty School""

Book Description:

A soaring novel of resilience, hope, strength and tenderness, The Taliban Cricket Club reveals how love can overcome, and outwit, even the power of tyrants.

About this edition

• Publisher: Ecco Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062091255
• ISBN 13: 9780062091253
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 336