Round 9: Tossup 11

At the end of this novel, the protagonist’s laughter concludes a nursery rhyme that warns “Better start running, the Black Cook’s coming!” A "Mediterranean" somnambulist in this novel is killed (-5[1])during the Allied invasion of Normandy. After bringing a statue of Jesus to life, this novel’s protagonist (15[1])joins a gang of street urchins named (*) “The Dusters.” In this novel, (10[1])a jazz band called The Rhine River Three is formed after the main character’s (10[1])father dies while choking on a Nazi party pin. The protagonist, whose voice can break glass, decides to stop growing at the age of three (-5[1])in, for 10 points, (10[1])what novel about Oskar Matzerath by Gunter Grass? ■END■ (0[1])

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