![]() ![]() You probably knew that, so to this telling. Indeed, they are to the fore in the act of betrayal this story revolves around. The Soviet invasion is just round the corner, and ethnic differences are closer than that. But at least, through the medium of the graphic novel, the book reviewing gods have conspired to let me see just what I'm missing, with this adaptation, by Italian artists, of a hugely successful – and therefore delayable – novel.Īfghanistan, the 1970s, and while two boys – the one the son of the household, the other the main servant's lad – have an idyllic upbringing, things are not perfect. I'm not alone in acting like this – see a friend and colleague's similar admission when reviewing White Teeth by Zadie Smith. If it turns into a hugely popular film for all the left-wing chattering classes to rave over, then that's just more grist to my mill – I'll always have a chance to catch up on it later on, even if I never take that opportunity. ![]() ![]() If there's one book I'm not likely to read, it's that which everyone else is reading. Summary: Not to be dismissed as a cheap adaptation, the artwork of this speedy variant shows good care has been taken to convert the modern classic into a new form.Ī confession. ![]()
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