Question

A “fairy-tale” told in this book concerns a prince of Kif who makes good on his threat to run over people in the way of his Rolls-Royce. The last word of this book’s title is swapped with “Furies” in the title of an oral history by Nisid Hajari. When his wife is offended by remarks about her name in this novel, its narrator pens a “paean to Dung.” The (15[1])protagonist of this novel, who recalls the memory (15[1])of a fisherman’s pointing finger, describes creating jars labelled with the names of this novel’s chapters (15[1])in a closing passage that introduced the coinage (*) “chutnification.” (10[1])This “Booker (10[1])of the Bookers” (10[1])winning (10[1]-5[1])novel’s (10[2])frame (10[1])story is set (10[1])in the Braganza Pickle Factory owned by Mary (10[1])Pereira, (10[1])who switches the name-tag of this (10[1])novel’s (10[1])protagonist at birth with that of his large-kneed rival Shiva. (10[2])For 10 points, name this novel narrated by Saleem Sinai (10[1])and written by Salman Rushdie. (10[1])■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: Midnight’s Children
<Literature - World Literature - Long Fiction>
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Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%111.67
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Oscar O'FlanaganLimp FranceskitCambridge6815
Matt BollingerBHSU ReFantaziohawk two of7615
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Hazel Depreist-SullivanNJ TRANSit (and anwenCope is the thing with feathers10110
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)10310
Antoni KluzowskiGrzegorz BrzęczyszczykiewiczDefying Suavity10610
Aaron Dos RemediosModerator Can't Neg me While in AlphaYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruit107-5
Neil GurramA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairsnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haiku10710
Ben Russell JonesSimple VibesCien Años de Quizboledad10810
Stephen LiuWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Stanford+10810
Tejas RajeBHSU RebirthNotre Dame10910
Mike BentleyMusic to Help You Stop SmokingClown Squad11210
Taylor HarveyCry of the Common LoonBerkeley12010
Charles HangWashUThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days12110
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers12710
John LawrenceWalston et. al.12 Litres of Green Tea12810
Michael HundiingWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?Northeast by Northwestern13810
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere13810
Benjamin ChapmanSimpson Agonistes: The Crisis of DonutI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up 14810
Jared HeYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha15310
Maude-Sophie Lockmanas rational as the square root of two power bottomsTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken15410