99 Nights in Logar, Paperback/Jamil Jan Kochai

Returning to Afghanistan in 2005 after a summer in America, young Marwand loses the village dog after it bites off his fingertip, causing Marwand to attempt to get the dog back over a period of ninety-nine nights. A coming-of-age story presenting a fresh and revealing image of Afghanistan, comparable both to Junot Diaz and Joe Dunthorne.