This author referenced the novel The Hound of the Baskervilles with the name of his protagonist William of Baskerville, who investigates the deaths of several monks. For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this Italian author of the murder mystery novel The Name of the Rose.
ANSWER: Umberto Eco (“um-BAIR-toh EH-koh”)
[10h] This Eco novel pastiches locked-room detective stories with its depiction of the death of Frederick Barbarossa. This novel’s title character is a peasant who travels through medieval Europe to the land of Prester John.
ANSWER: Baudolino (“BAO-doh-LEE-noh”)
[10m] Baudolino’s journeys themselves pastiche this literary genre, which consists of linked episodes in the life of a lovable rogue. The archetypal novel in this genre is Lazarillo de Tormes (“laz-ah-REE-oh day TOR-mez”).
ANSWER: picaresque novel [or picaresques]
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