Question
In this novel, two scholars yell, “This one is for Salman Rushdie,” and, “This one is for the ghost of Valerie Solanas,” as they beat a cab driver for calling them pimps. A character in this novel is disappointed to meet a pharmacist who prefers “perfect exercises” like “Bartleby the Scrivener” to Moby-Dick. In this novel, a famously well-endowed general is crucified naked by his own troops, four years after attending a party at (*) Dracula’s castle. At the end of this novel, a character sitting on a park bench eats ice cream and learns its history from a descendant of Fürst Pückler. A criminal who urinates in churches appears in this novel’s brutal fourth section, which is set in the same city in which Rosa lives with her father, Professor Amalfitano. For 10 points, name this five-part meganovel centered on the mysterious author Archimboldi, written by Roberto Bolaño ■END■
Buzzes
Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
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Matt Bollinger | Team Name Think Detail | The Plague (anime)" was redirected to: "Oran High School Host Club | 14 | 15 |
Aseem Keyal | The Catastrophic Implosion of Packet Sub | The Canadians | 27 | 15 |
Taylor Harvey | Saint Peter Andre 3000 | BHSU | 95 | 10 |
Rahul Keyal | The anti-STOON-dahl cabal (the tall Keyal et al.) | Evans Hall destruction awaiters | 114 | 10 |
Vittal Bhat | Quasicrystal Silence | Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | 114 | 10 |
Ned Tagtmeier | In Search of Things Past | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | 130 | 10 |
Eric Bobrow | wave2: trimming membership codes 9655377758gp | [moderator voice] yes that is so tenpointscore! is your team feeling bonuspilled? | 143 | 10 |
Mazin Omer | Don't be Afraid, the Clown's Afraid Too | remembrance of lost time | 144 | 10 |
Richard Yu | I would prefer not to | I prefer really not to speak. If I speak I’m in big trouble | 145 | 10 |