Round 9: 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. 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, an investigator comes to a conclusion about who drew some sketches of horses (10[1])with large nostrils in the Chinese style. The (10[1])unnamed narrator (10[1])is enslaved under the eccentric polymath Hoja in this city (10[2])in the novel The White Castle. A novel set in this city (-5[1])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, (10[1])including My (10[1])Name is Red. ■END■ (10[1]0[1])

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