Question

One of this author’s characters spends decades living in an underground burrow of tunnels of his own creation, which catches fire one night when struck by lightning. In a novel by this author, Jack offers to clean his girlfriend’s apartment as an excuse to steal the manuscripts she’s been preparing for a blackmailer in a pinstripe suit. (-5[2])In a novel-within-a-novel by this author, the protagonist accidentally kills his sick wife by forcing her to undergo chemically induced convulsion therapy in Switzerland. This novelist created the (*) Swedish immigrant Håkan Söderström (10[1])(“HO-kahn SUH-der-strum”), who searches for his brother in the American West. In a novel by this author, (10[1])Ida Partenza is hired to ghostwrite the autobiography of the financier Andrew Bevel, who (10[1])made a fortune shorting the stock market in the (10[1])1929 crash. For 10 points, name (-5[1])this Argentinian-American (10[1])author of In the Distance (10[1])who won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for his novel Trust. ■END■ (10[1]0[10])

ANSWER: Hernan Diaz
<JL, American Literature>
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Summary

2024 Chicago Open07/28/2024Y1354%0%23%122.43

Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Naveed ChowdhuryLisan al-QuibA Nervy Liberal Nanny Hence56-5
Halle FriedmanThe Oldest Men in the WorldThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to see56-5
Henry GoffA Nervy Liberal Nanny HenceLisan al-Quib8810
Taylor Harveysticking out your guyot for the ridge push; you're so seafloor spread, you're so fracture zoneFirst Cause, First Cause, make me young!10310
Henry AtkinsThe Empire Bikes BackLes Missourables11710
Rahul KeyalLying on a Mattress at Lou’s Apartment in Pilsen, ChicagoThe Jeam Team12610
Jim FanMindgoblin of Little HobbesThe Dyatlov Passement incident132-5
Eve Fleisigit's the great pumpkinification objection, charlie brownBerkeley Mafia and the Chicago Boy13410
Nick JensenLMM's LLM MLMWe Need New Names13910
Eric BobrowRead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: APunished "Venom" BHSU1500
Akshar GoyalSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUAREAre You There, Chat? It's Me, Margaret1500
Matt Laferwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anythingCharlotte's Moderately Successful Team1500
William GoldenThe Dyatlov Passement incidentMindgoblin of Little Hobbes15010
Kai SmithPunished "Venom" BHSURead slowly: A A A A A A A A A A A A A A A Read quickly: A1500
Mitch McCullarAre You There, Chat? It's Me, MargaretSAYYID QUTB, DRIVING THE LONGEST CAR YOU’VE EVER SEEN THROUGH TAHRIR SQUARE1500
Daniel MaThere are buzzable clues everywhere for those with eyes to seeThe Oldest Men in the World1500
Colin Stewartvar merchantsI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)1500
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Emmett LaurieI’ll take a quiet 10 / A handshake of CO (Chicago Open)var merchants1500
Sinecio MoralesCharlotte's Moderately Successful Teamwhen you look this good, you don’t have to know anything1500