"e;A lovely, diverting and moving tale of contemporary Kabul, about love, courage, passion, tyranny and cricket."e; -Shashi Tharoor, international bestselling author of Inglorious EmpireA 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."e;A moving, splendidly realized story of courage and grit in modern-day Kabul."e; -Vikas Swarup, author of Slumdog Millionaire"e;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."e; -National Geographic Traveler"e;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."e; -Library Journal"e;There is a twist in the tale-and it is a clever one."e; -San Francisco Chronicle"e;Required reading."e; -New York Post"e;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."e; -Deborah Rodriguez, New York Times-bestselling author of Kabul Beauty School
"A lovely, diverting and moving tale of contemporary Kabul, about love, courage, passion, tyranny and cricket." -Shashi Tharoor, international bestselling author of
Inglorious Empire
A harrowing yet tender novel-
Bend It Like Beckhamin a burka-
The Taliban Cricket Clubis 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.
"A moving, splendidly realized story of courage and grit in modern-day Kabul." -Vikas Swarup, author of
Slumdog Millionaire
"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 Runnerwill 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
