Question
In a novel by this author, a character mourning the loss of her colleague Matthew discovers the Victorian magnate Henry Brandling’s diaries while rebuilding an automaton. This author of The Chemistry of Tears wrote a novel inspired by Edmund Gosse’s Father and Son in which a character is punished when Fanny Drabble bakes him a Christmas pudding. In a novel by this author, Reverend Dennis Hasset advises an heir who receives a Prince Rupert’s drop and Miriam Chadwick assaults a man with a fear of water after he journeys to Bellingen. This author wrote a novel about the title gambling addicts making a bet to transport a glass cathedral. For 10 points, name this Australian author of Oscar and Lucinda. ■END■
ANSWER: Peter Carey
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= Average correct buzz position
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Aiden Dartley | Rutgers A | Yale B | 64 | 10 |
William Orr | Yale A | Yale C | 73 | -5 |
Eshan Pant | NYU A | Bard A | 105 | 10 |
Richard Niu | Cornell C | Penn A | 106 | 10 |
Jack Rado | Columbia B | Rowan A | 108 | 10 |
Forrest Weintraub | Columbia A | Haverford | 108 | 10 |
Thomas Doyle | Vassar | Penn B | 111 | 10 |
Mihir Shetty | Columbia C | Princeton A | 120 | 0 |
Austin Guo | Princeton A | Columbia C | 120 | 0 |