Round 8: 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. 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 with large nostrils in the Chinese style. The unnamed narrator is enslaved under the eccentric polymath Hoja in this city in the novel The White Castle. A novel set in this city opens with the narrative of Elegant Effendi, who has just 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]0[2])

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