In this novel, Ruth's husband claims that when her father died he found her sucking the fingers of his dead body but she tells her son that she was kissing the only part of him that was unaffected by his illness. Ruth's son is the protagonist of the novel, and other characters include his aunt Pilate, who seems to be a female Christ, and her daughter Hagar who falls in love with the protagonist, Macon "Milkman" Dead III. 
In this novel, Ruth's husband claims that when her father died he found her sucking the fingers of his dead body but she tells her son that she was kissing the only part of him that was unaffected by his illness. Ruth's son is the protagonist of the novel, and other characters include his aunt Pilate, who seems to be a female Christ, and her daughter Hagar who falls in love with the protagonist, Macon "Milkman" Dead III. For 10 points, what is this novel, written by Toni Morrison, that is named after a book of the Bible?
In this novel, Ruth's husband claims that when her father died he found her sucking the fingers of his dead body but she tells her son that she was kissing the only part of him that was unaffected by his illness.
{Song of Solomon}