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Kite Runner Joins Gay Penguins on Top 10 Books Americans Want Banned
Friday, April 17, 2009 by The Guardian/UK
by Alison Flood
The American Library Association's 'most challenged' books of 2008 include Khaled Hosseini's bestseller alongside Philip Pullman's Dark Materials and And Tango Makes Three
Khaled Hosseini has joined the illustrious ranks of Philip Pullman and the authors of a story about gay penguins, after his novel The Kite Runner became one of the books that inspired most complaints in America last year.
The bestselling and critically acclaimed title, the story of a 12-year-old Afghan and his betrayal of his best friend, includes the rape of a boy, and provoked challenges in the US over what objectors saw as sexual content and offensive language. Some objections led to the removal of the book from library shelves, while others saw it replaced with bowdlerised versions minus the offending scenes, according to the American Library Association, which compiles an annual list of the most challenged titles in the country.
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