Round 8: Tossup 14

In this novel, a father who asserts that every sin is a variation of theft shocks his son by forgiving a professed thief. (10[1])In this novel, a half-German man who resembles John Lennon leads a stoning at a soccer stadium. This novel’s author described it as a “father-son story” in contrast to a “mother-daughter story” of its follow-up, A Thousand Splendid (10[1])Suns. In this novel, the Hazara servant (10[1])Hassan is revealed to be the half-brother of the protagonist, who returns to his homeland to rescue his nephew Sohrab (10[1])from the Taliban. For 10 points, name this Khaled Hosseini novel about Amir’s departure and return to Afghanistan. ■END■

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