Well if this is not sheer brilliance, I wonder what it is then. So beautifully told,so much care given to the details its almost a classic. I use the word 'almost' as according to me there is one little glitch in the basic story outline. It's that why Hassan tells his father and Rahim Khan that Amir Agah had seen the horrible act perpetrated on him by Assef when he is being shown as a boy who has unfailing loyalty, undying love towards his master, his friend Amir. I had to talk of this loophole as I would have stolen your right to know about it had I not done so. But if I forget this, then its one of the best works i have gone through and one which has perhaps etched a permanent place in my mind.