In a novel, a woman who marries into this family wins big on horse racing despite her ignorance of the subject by betting on the jockeys with the nicest smiles. That woman trains herself to love her husband from this family by focusing on a different one of his traits to appreciate each day. (-5[1])As a child, a redheaded girl from this family develops the mischievous habit of setting shoes on fire. A protagonist from this family predicts that he will (*) “crumble into approximately six hundred and thirty million particles” of dust on his 31st birthday. This family includes a singer nicknamed the “Brass Monkey” and a protagonist whose grandfather falls in love with his wife through a perforated sheet. A telepathic character joins this family upon being swapped at birth by the nurse Mary Pereira. For 10 points, name this family of Saleem, the protagonist of Midnight’s Children. ■END■ (10[1])