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

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