Round 6: 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. In this novel, a half-German man who resembles John Lennon leads a stoning at a soccer stadium. This (10[1])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[3])In this (10[1])novel, the Hazara servant Hassan is revealed 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 (10[1])about Amir’s departure and return to Afghanistan. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: The Kite Runner
<Editors, World Literature> | Packet H
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