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The Opium Prince

di Jasmine Aimaq

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Fiction. Thriller. HTML:Jasmine Aimaq's stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-reaching consequences of a young Kochi girl's tragic death. Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul at the helm of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to eradicating the poppy fields that feed the world's opiate addiction. But on the drive out of Kabul for an anniversary trip with his wife, Daniel accidentally hits and kills a young Kochi girl named Telaya. He is let off with a nominal fine, in part because nomad tribes are ignored in the eyes of the law, but also because a mysterious witness named Taj Maleki intercedes on his behalf. Wracked with guilt and visions of Telaya, Daniel begins to unravel, running from his crumbling marriage and escalating threats from Taj, who turns out to be a powerful opium khan willing to go to extremes to save his poppies. This groundbreaking literary thriller reveals the invisible lines between criminal enterprises and political regimes�??and one man's search for meaning at the heart of a violent revoluti… (altro)

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An Afghan-born American diplomat Daniel Sajedi is posted to Kabul in the 1970’s to head a U.S. foreign aid agency whose agenda is to eradicate poppy fields. He accidentally kills a young Kochi nomad girl (Telaya), who runs in front of his car. In trying to make reparations, he meets a powerful opium khan, Taj Maleki, who uses Daniel’s guilt to blackmail him. Strong beginning, that goes sideways for most of the remainder of the book, with an excellent reveal at the end. It was hard to care about the characters, but the political chaos of the time period is faithfully recounted. I found that the chapters in italics about Boy also interrupted the slow developing story. At times though, Aimaq's descriptive writing was captivating, and Daniel's final mission really captures America's primary directive in Afghanistan. (

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skipstern | Jul 11, 2021 |

This may have been published as a crime novel, but it is so much more. Jasmine Aimaq’s debut novel is mystery and historical fiction about international relations. When Afghan-born American diplomat is posted to Kabul in 1970 to head the poppy eradication program, he finds himself enmeshed in a nightmare after killing a young girl when she ran in front of his car. When trying to make reparations for her death, he meets an opium kingpin, Taj Makeki who uses Daniel’s guilt to blackmail him. Tensions between the communists and the Islamic fundamentalists grow and their lives are thrown into danger. Its also a glimpse into the complicated Afghan political and cultural situation. And one thing the reader learns is that there really are no good guys in white hats. People often wear both hats. I was surprised at the humor in the book, its not a humorous subject portrayed in this page turner. (

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brangwinn | Dec 1, 2020 |

A man hired by the US to encourage growing things other than opium poppies passes by a field where workers are tending poppies; he hits and kills a young girl in Afghanistan shortly before the Russian invasion. The novel deals with the aftermath: his sense of guilt, the girl who haunts him, and his capitulation to the opium dealer who blackmails him. It's an odd book in that the main character and his milieu isn't very sympathetic, while the horrible blackmailer has a more engaging story. The setting was interesting but I ended up skimming through some of the middle section.

bfister | Sep 12, 2020 |

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Fiction. Thriller. HTML:Jasmine Aimaq's stunning debut explores Afghanistan on the eve of a violent revolution and the far-reaching consequences of a young Kochi girl's tragic death.

Afghanistan, 1970s. Born to an American mother and a late Afghan war hero, Daniel Sajadi has spent his life navigating a complex identity. After years in Los Angeles, he is returning home to Kabul at the helm of a US foreign aid agency dedicated to eradicating the poppy fields that feed the world's opiate addiction.

But on the drive out of Kabul for an anniversary trip with his wife, Daniel accidentally hits and kills a young Kochi girl named Telaya. He is let off with a nominal fine, in part because nomad tribes are ignored in the eyes of the law, but also because a mysterious witness named Taj Maleki intercedes on his behalf. Wracked with guilt and visions of Telaya, Daniel begins to unravel, running from his crumbling marriage and escalating threats from Taj, who turns out to be a powerful opium khan willing to go to extremes to save his poppies.

This groundbreaking literary thriller reveals the invisible lines between criminal enterprises and political regimes�??and one man's search for meaning at the heart of a violent revoluti

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