In this novel, a father who asserts that every sin is a variation (10[1])of theft (10[2])shocks his son (10[3])by forgiving (10[3]-5[1])a professed (10[1])thief. (10[5]-5[1])In this novel, (10[1])a (10[1])half-German man (-5[1])who resembles John Lennon leads a stoning at a soccer stadium. (10[6]-5[1])This (10[3])novel’s (10[1]-5[1])author (10[1])described (10[1])it as (10[1])a “father-son story” (10[1])in (10[1])contrast to a (10[1])“mother-daughter story” of its (10[1])follow-up, A Thousand Splendid (10[1])Suns. (10[26]-5[1])In this (10[1])novel, (10[7]-5[1])the Hazara (10[3]-5[1])servant (10[4])Hassan (10[7])is revealed (10[3])to be the (10[2])half-brother (10[5]-5[1])of the protagonist, (10[6])who returns (10[1])to his (10[1])homeland (10[2])to rescue his nephew (10[1])Sohrab (10[1])from the Taliban. (10[2])For 10 points, (10[1])name this Khaled Hosseini (10[1])novel (10[4])about (10[1])Amir’s departure and return to Afghanistan. (10[2]-5[1])■END■ (10[6]0[11])