Kabul stories of fame and blame – another view July 30, 2010 by Fulcrum The original "Bookseller of Kabul", Shah Muhammad Rais, has for the past seven years doggedly pursued his complaint against Ã…sne Seierstad. The Norwegian foreign correspondent and author had lived with the bookseller's family in 2002 and then published an account of their lives that sold more than two million copies worldwide.Boyd Tonkin. Independent. 30 July 2010. FulcrumShareTweetShare