Its main character is a hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, who eventually becomes an acolyte at a famous temple.  
Its main character is a hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, who eventually becomes an acolyte at a famous temple.  However, he becomes obsessed with its beauty, and cannot live in peace until he burns it down. For 10 points, name this novel about Mizoguchi, which is based upon actual events that took place at the Kinkakuji Temple in Kyoto in 1950 and which was written by Yukio Mishima.
Its main character is a hopeless stutterer, taunted by his schoolmates, who eventually becomes an acolyte at a famous temple.  
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion