Political symbols in a biography of a character with this job include a “picnic without sandwiches” meaning partial independence. Ah Huat joins a bus riot and Sang Kancil opposes Sang Gajah in Bukit Chapalang in sections interspersed with interviews of that character with this job. A Sonny Liew book that doubles as a history of Singapore is framed as a biography of a fictional character with this non-detective job, Charlie Chan Hock Chye (“chai”). A man with this job sees a bomb hidden by (*) Carl Ebling while performing magic (-5[1])at a bar mitzvah. After escaping to Lithuania in a coffin (-5[1])with the Golem of Prague, Joe takes up this profession with his Brooklyn-born cousin Sammy and creates The Escapist in a Michael Chabon novel. For 10 points, the protagonists of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay have what profession, shared by the real-life Jack Kirby and Stan Lee? ■END■ (10[2])