Round 5: Tossup 14

In this novel, a father who asserts that every sin is a variation of theft (10[1])shocks his son 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 it as a “father-son story” in contrast to a “mother-daughter story” of its follow-up, A Thousand Splendid Suns. (10[4])In this novel, (10[2])the Hazara servant (10[1])Hassan (10[1])is revealed to be the half-brother of the protagonist, (10[1])who returns to his (10[1])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■

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