Round 6: Tossup 14

In this novel, a father who asserts that every sin is a variation of theft shocks his son (10[2])by forgiving a professed thief. In this novel, a half-German man who resembles John Lennon leads a stoning at a soccer stadium. This novel’s author described (10[1])it as a “father-son story” in contrast to a (10[1])“mother-daughter story” of its follow-up, A Thousand Splendid Suns. (10[1])In this novel, the Hazara servant (10[1])Hassan is revealed to be the half-brother (10[1]-5[1])of the protagonist, (10[1])who returns to his homeland to rescue his nephew Sohrab from the Taliban. For 10 points, name this Khaled Hosseini novel about Amir’s departure and return to Afghanistan. ■END■ (10[1])

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