false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1182784235m/1328362.jpg 1328362 3 A riveting and fast-paced novel in which "Kara Kush"-or "The Eagle," as the Afghan-born, American-schooled, Adam Durany becomes known-returns to his homeland to lead his people against the Soviet atrocities and communist infiltration that threaten to annihilate his country and its dreams of modernization. Adam, convinced that a resistance movement is imperative, rallies his followers, the ill-equipped patriots, to fight back. <br><br> Idries Shah, the author of this gripping story, is the best-known Afghan writer of our time. His books on Sufism, philosophy, history, and travel, are known the world over. Shah was the descendant of a thousand-year-old Afghan family, and an author and teacher who found success explaining the East to the West. <i>Kara Kush</i>, first published in 1986, is his only novel: a fascinating adventure in which a gifted writer set out to inform the world about Afghan society, history, and culture. According to interviews with Shah, the novel is based on fact and eyewitness accounts. <br><br> <i>Kara Kush</i> is, above all, great storytelling-Doris Lessing called it "the best war novel I have read . . . As exciting as Shogun"-but Shah also provides readers with a remarkable degree of insight into the country of Afghanistan and its people. As <i>The Washington Times</i> stated, "what sets this novel apart are the Afghans themselves. 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