Round 7: 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. (10[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. After visiting this city’s treasury, (10[1])an investigator comes to a conclusion about who drew some sketches of horses with large nostrils in the Chinese (10[1])style. The unnamed narrator is enslaved under the eccentric polymath Hoja in this city in the novel The White Castle. (10[1])A novel set in (10[1])this city opens with the narrative of Elegant Effendi, who has just (10[1])been murdered and stuffed into a well. For 10 points, name this city that was the setting of several Orhan Pamuk (10[1])novels, including My Name is Red. ■END■ (10[1])

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