The narrator looks “like one of those flies that buzz around blindly on the window pane” while trying to find this object via an “informal trail.” The narrator sees this object save Beggar Man and his dog from death a few days before Manager moves her and Rosa to an alcove far away from this object. This object agrees to provide his (15[1])“special nourishment” when the narrator offers to destroy Pollution in a building she believes contains stairs to the (*) underworld. The narrator has a one-sided conversation with this title object in Mr. McBain’s barn in which she promises to destroy the Cootings Machine. The narrator enlists the help of this title anthropomorphized object to cure the illness of Josie, for whom she cares as an Artificial Friend. (10[1])For 10 points, name this large object that appears in the title of a Kazuo Ishiguro novel narrated by Klara. ■END■ (10[1])