Round 6: Tossup 18

Vignettes in a novel by this author include a man emerging from a closet in the room of a sleeping woman in Sydney and a man in Shinjuku being surprised by two Filipina girls. A book by this author centers on the fitness teachers Anders and Oona, whose (10[1])relationship deepens after their skin mysteriously becomes darker. A novel by this author ends with an illusion of the “pretty girl” embracing the dying protagonist, who once sold her (10[1])pirated DVDs. A second-person novel by (10[1])this author styled as a self-help book sees the protagonist start a business bottling (10[2])fetid (10[2]-5[1])tap (10[1])water. (10[1])This author of The Last White Man (10[1])wrote a migration novel in which the refugees (10[1])Nadia and Saeed (10[1])flee their war-torn city to London, then Marin County, (10[2])using magical doors. (10[2])For 10 points, name this Pakistani author of How to Get (-5[1])Filthy Rich in Rising Asia and (10[1])Exit West. ■END■ (10[2]0[2])

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