CSPAN2 Book TV September 2, 2013
Though unlike your first two novels, this is less as youve described it, less afghancentric. Right. Part of that is because as i wrote the novel, i saw the characters struggles playing out on a more personal, intimate level, it was more of a human drama and not necessarily playing out on the big kind of political arena. But there are, certainly, characters in this book whose lives are seriously impacted by the events in afghanistan, by the taliban, by the infighting in afghanistan and so on and so forth. Its just not quite as forceful of an impact. Part of it is because i, its sort of my small...