In this novel, soldiers shoot a thief who is trying to acquire medication for his injured leg. At the beginning of the novel a man is screaming at a traffic light. That man and the thief both end up being taken to a mental hospital, where, along with a motherless boy, a man with an eye patch, a young prostitute and an ophthalmologist, they are quarantined until further notice. The only witness to the entire sequence of events is the ophthalmologist's wife, who is miraculously spared from the title malady. For 10 points-- name novel by Jose Sara
In this novel, soldiers shoot a thief who is trying to acquire medication for his injured leg. At the beginning of the novel a man is screaming at a traffic light. That man and the thief both end up being taken to a mental hospital, where, along with a motherless boy, a man with an eye patch, a young prostitute and an ophthalmologist, they are quarantined until further notice. The only witness to the entire sequence of events is the ophthalmologist's wife, who is miraculously spared from the title malady. For 10 points-- name novel by Jose Saramago.
In this novel, soldiers shoot a thief who is trying to acquire medication for his injured leg.
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