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The Wandering Falcon

The Wandering Falcon

Author(s): Jamil Ahmad

Location(s): Afghanistan, Iran, Pakistan

Genre(s): Fiction, Short Stories

Era(s): Late 20th Century

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This book is set in the heart of the stateless stretch of mountains where the borders of Pakistan, Afghanistan and Iran meet: an area now in the news and seen as lawless, and rulled by tribal Taliban, but pre Taliban it was very different. A young boy, – Tor Baz – the Black Falcon – wanders through the many different cultures and these are the stories and fables of his journey

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