In one scene from this novel, a man is forced to wear a woman's calico smock during a mock hanging on a mulberry tree staged to entertain the town. The protagonist of this novel has a recurring dream about walking in a courtyard where children are building a snow castle, led by a mysterious hooded child who hides her face. The protagonist of this novel sleeps with the cook Mai, but his most significant romantic attachment is his nightly practice of massaging the thighs of a blind girl with almond oil. After the main character escapes from the prison run by by Warrant Officer Mandel, he is mockingly called the "One Just Man" by Colonel Joll. Taking its title from a Cavafy poem, for 10 points,
In one scene from this novel, a man is forced to wear a woman's calico smock during a mock hanging on a mulberry tree staged to entertain the town. The protagonist of this novel has a recurring dream about walking in a courtyard where children are building a snow castle, led by a mysterious hooded child who hides her face. The protagonist of this novel sleeps with the cook Mai, but his most significant romantic attachment is his nightly practice of massaging the thighs of a blind girl with almond oil. After the main character escapes from the prison run by by Warrant Officer Mandel, he is mockingly called the "One Just Man" by Colonel Joll. Taking its title from a Cavafy poem, for 10 points, name this novel about the moral struggles of a magistrate on the outposts of the Empire by J. M. Coetzee.
In one scene from this novel, a man is forced to wear a woman's calico smock during a mock hanging on a mulberry tree staged to entertain the town.
Waiting for the Barbarians