Upper Middlebrow

Upper Middlebrow


Episode 60: “Zero Sum Narrative,” or Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner.

August 19, 2024

Bagg and Dukes haven’t read this 2003 bestseller, and confess to a little snobbishness about a book that is ubiquitous at airport books stores. But…it's really good! Despite being impressed by the novel’s depiction of a childhood event that impacts our protagonist’s entire life, the UMBs wonder if the novel’s narrative physics are a bit TOO perfect.