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When asked by a clergyman why he never seeks pleasure in town on Sundays, a character in this novel thinks, “It is because a fellow is more afraid of the trouble he might have than he ever is of the trouble he’s already got.” A character in this novel tells his foster mother that her husband is “at a dance” but “not dancing” after bludgeoning him (10[1])with a chair. Another character in this novel kidnaps his own grandson, sends him to an orphanage, and then takes a job as a (10[1])janitor at the orphanage to watch him. This novel opens from the perspective (10[1])of a woman who walks from Alabama for four weeks to find the man who impregnated her, who now uses the alias (10[1])Joe Brown. (10[3]-5[1])A character in this novel is castrated by Percy Grimm after murdering (10[1])Joanna Burden. (10[1])For 10 points, (-5[1])multiracial (10[1])Joe Christmas (10[2])is the protagonist (10[4])of what (-5[1])William Faulkner novel? ■END■ (10[2]0[7])

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