The Taliban Cricket Club - Tapa dura

"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"

Required reading. --New York Post"

A moving, splendidly realized story of courage and grit in modern-day Kabul. I was won over by Murari s uplifting and vastly entertaining sporting tale, which reaffirms the power of friendship, fellowship, and love in the face of all forms of tyranny. --Vikas Swarup, author of "Slumdog Millionaire" and "Six Suspects""

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"

In war-torn Kabul, Rukshana, a spirited young journalist, devises a clever scheme to ensure her and her family's freedom by entering them in a cricket tournament where the winner will travel to Pakistan to train and then play at an international level. 30,000 first printing.