In this novel, a boy unable to obtain food at a buffet is whisked away behind a false wall into a series of pantries where he asks a woman for eggs, bacon, and bread. A character in this novel worries that a Slovak seen reading brochures plans to swipe a trunk containing some half-eaten Veronese salami. At a country estate in this novel, a boy is mocked for his light appetite by the soup-guzzling Mr. Green, who delivers news of the boy’s disownment by his uncle. After leaving the conmen (*) Robinson and Delamarche, a former lift boy in this novel travels west to the Nature-Theater of Oklahoma. In this novel’s first chapter, a teenager looking for his umbrella meets a stoker in a ship’s hold after seeing the Statue of Liberty holding a sword. For 10 points, name this unfinished novel about the immigrant Karl Rossmann by Franz Kafka. ■END■
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| Player | Team | Opponent | Buzz Position | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Natan Holtzman | The RAND Coöperation | One Microscopic Pog in His Chat-astrophic Plan | 111 | 10 |
| Jaimie Carlson | The True Dharma Eye of the Juan Soto School | 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 8, 2k5, RNBQKBNR b Q - 99 66 | 124 | 10 |
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