Round 8: 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. (-5[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 Suns. (10[2]-5[1])In this novel, the Hazara servant Hassan is revealed (10[1])to be the half-brother of the protagonist, 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[2]0[2])

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