Question

Because a boy created by this author makes up the story as he goes, his adoptive father tells him he is not “real reading” a child’s version of Don Quixote. After arriving at Novilla in a refugee boat, Simón raises the five-year-old Davíd in the first novel of an allegorical trilogy by this author titled for Jesus. (-5[1])In a novel by this author, (-5[1])a man takes refuge in the mountains (10[1])after being treated like a servant at a farm by the Visagies' (“vih-SAH-hees”) grandson. At the end of a novel by this author, (-5[1])a man who had written the opera Byron in Italy (10[2])decides to euthanize a dog (10[1])at a shelter (10[3])owned (10[1])by Bev Shaw. (10[3])This author created a middle-aged (-5[1])professor who is fired for sexually (10[2]-5[1])pressuring (10[4])his student (10[3])Melanie (10[1])Isaacs. For 10 points, what South African author of Life & Times of Michael (10[1])K also wrote about (10[1])David Lurie (-5[1])in Disgrace? (10[2])■END■ (10[4]0[4])

ANSWER: J. M. Coetzee [or John Maxwell Coetzee]
<World/Other Literature>
= Average correct buzz position

Summary

2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%0%127.57
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y6100%0%17%119.33
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%33%124.25
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y771%0%29%127.60
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%120.33

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rachel Fanous (DII)Michigan APitt B (UG)56-5
Charles YoungColumbia ABard A62-5
Mitch McCullarPenn State ARowan A6910
Justin HawkinsIndiana AWashU B91-5
Kevin WangGeorgia Tech BAuburn C10110
Arjun KalaUIUC BUChicago C10110
Aden SunUChicago AUChicago B10610
Conner YamnitzWashU CWashU D10910
Shourjo Ganguli (UG)Ohio State A (UG)Kenyon A (UG)10910
John Chen (UG)UBC AUW B10910
Tianyu XuGeorgia Tech ATusculum A11010
Michael HundingUIUC APurdue A11310
Emily ZenUChicago DMiami11310
DannyPitt AMichigan B11310
David MathewPurdue BUIUC C118-5
Ivonne ZhouPenn AJohns Hopkins A12410
Elias Kradel (DII)Kenyon B (DII)Michigan State C (UG)124-5
Rohan Navaneetha Raj (DII)Ohio State B (DII)CWRU C (UG)12410
Henry BylinowskiAuburn ATennesse B12510
Hazel DePreist-SullivanBard AColumbia A12510
Patrick Rivas-GiorgiColumbia BPenn B12510
Tai Belke (DII)UBC BAlberta12510
Parker McCoigTennesse AGeorgia A12710
Ethan FurmanHaverford ALehigh A12710
Truman Fillbrandt (UG)UW ASFU12710
Ian LuGeorgia Tech FAlabama A12810
Peter Zeng (DII)Ohio State C (DII)CWRU D (DII)14210
Alex WongRutgers ARutgers C14610
Stephen WalshNorthwestern APurdue C148-5
Neal JoshiWashU BIndiana A15010
Sam Wang (UG)Pitt B (UG)Michigan A15010
Monish JampalaGeorgia Tech CClemson A1510
Braeden LaRocheSouth Carolina AGeorgia Tech D15110
Luke ZhangEmory AAuburn B15110
Davis JohnsonPurdue DUIUC D15110
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CNorthwestern A1510
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue B15110
Ni Kundargi (DII)Michigan State B (UG)Michigan D (DII)1510
Peter Ballas (DII)Michigan D (DII)Michigan State B (UG)1510