Packet H: Tossup 9

In a novel set in this city, a man tries to track down his missing wife by assuming the identity of his half-brother and continuing (10[1])his newspaper column. (10[1]-5[1])A fictional historian who first appeared in the novel Silent House writes the preface (10[1]-5[1])for the frame narrative of a novel set in this city where a pretend doctor spends six years building a weapon. (-5[2])After (10[1])visiting this city’s treasury, (10[1])an (10[1])investigator (10[1])comes to a conclusion about who drew some sketches (10[2])of (10[1])horses (10[2]-5[1])with large nostrils (10[2])in the Chinese (10[2])style. The (10[1])unnamed narrator (10[1])is enslaved under the eccentric polymath Hoja (10[3])in this (10[2])city (10[5])in the novel The White Castle. (10[1])A novel set in (10[1])this city (-5[1])opens with the narrative (10[1])of Elegant Effendi, (10[7])who has just (10[2])been murdered (10[3])and stuffed into a well. (10[2])For 10 points, name this (10[1])city (-5[1])that was the setting of several Orhan Pamuk (10[4])novels, (10[3])including (10[2])My (10[1])Name is Red. ■END■ (10[11]0[10])

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