During a school council meeting, a parent in this novel questions the purpose of the Harvest Festival since there aren’t any pagan students. After a man in this novel ties for thirteenth as a cyclist (10[1])in the Olympics, he becomes pen pals with his Swedish opponent Horst Ibelgaufts. A soldier in this novel gets shot in the (-5[1])leg after flipping a coin to decide if he should kill a Nazi scientist found in a small Bulgarian village. This novel ends at a conference during which groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses and FATE protest the work of Marcus Chalfen, who has genetically engineered a mouse. The two main families (10[1])in this novel are that of Archie Jones, who marries (10[1])the Jamaican Clara Bowden, (10[2])and Samad Iqbal, a Bangladeshi (10[1])immigrant to London. For 10 points, name this debut novel of Zadie (10[1])Smith. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])