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Divertidas, pateticas, emotivas, conmovedoras, tristes... las vidas de los personajes que dibuja Benioff en esta coleccion de relatos son ventanas a una realidad que la prosa del autor hace nuestra. Un productor musical que promete el cielo a una desconocida cantante, apartandola de su banda y de su novio. Un soldado ruso, joven  e inexperto, obligado a matar a una anciana en un desolado bosque de Chechenia. Un joven que roba las cenizas del padre de su ex-novia. Una antigua estrella del futbol que recuerda el amor de su vida. El hijo de un cazador de leones que tiene que hacer frente a uno... en pleno Manhattan. Una actriz que jamas consigue el papel de su vida... gente en la encrucijada de la vida. El deseo, la esperanza y el desanimo se vierten a partes iguales en un puñado de historias que nos hablan de vidas tan extrañas y a la vez tan cercanas a las nuestras. / In When the Nines Roll Over, David Benioff uses humor and rich characterizations to explore the sometimes thrilling, sometimes pathetic emotional lives of a diverse set of characters. Over the course of eight stories, we are introduced to a host of young people on the cusp of discovery and loss. As he evokes the various states of agony and pleasurehumiliation, rebellion, camaraderie, and desireBenioff displays a profound understanding of the transformative power of a single moment and how sadness can be illuminated by a humorous flip side. When the Nines Roll Over confirms the promise of a gifted writer emerging as a storytelling force.

Marc Forster is the Golden Globe-nominated director of Monster's Ball, Finding Neverland, and Stranger Than Fiction. He will direct the next James Bond film.

David Benioff, the screenwriter, also wrote the screenplays for Troy, Stay, and 25th Hour, which was based on his novel.

Khaled Hosseini is the author of the bestselling novels The Kite Runner (2003) and A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007). Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, the son of a diplomat whose family received political asylum in the United States in 1980, he lives in northern California, where he is a physician.