An author born in this modern-day country asked, “May I take the ridiculous position of saying that I do not like the way Gide exalts the body?” in a footnote to an essay about “Summer” in this country’s capital. In a story set in this country, a schoolteacher sees the message (10[1])“You handed over our brother. You will pay (10[1])for this” after the prisoner he freed walks to (10[1])Tinguit. In a novel set in this country, Thomas Pérez faints during a funeral (10[1]-5[1])procession. (10[3])Daru (10[1])defies the orders of (10[1])Balducci (10[1])in “The Guest,” a story that an author born in this country included in the collection Exile and the Kingdom. (10[1])Raymond Sintès (“san-TESS”) abuses his mistress in a novel set in this country that opens, “Maman (-5[1])died today.” (10[2]-5[1])For 10 points, name (10[1])this country (10[1])where Meursault (“murr-SO”) shoots an Arab in Albert Camus’s (10[1])novel The Stranger. ■END■ (10[1])