Question

In a novel by an author with this last name, the villagers think that the main character will grow up to be a great man because his birth coincided with a drought ending and a Red Cross airdrop. In another novel by an author with this last name, a retired judge shows his disdain for his native country by eating chapatis (15[1])with a knife and a fork. That novel by an author with this last name juxtaposes the converging experiences of the mountain-dwelling (*) Sai and the Manhattan resident Biju. Another novel by an author with this last (-5[1])name centers on Sampath Chawla climbing up a tree in the title location and acting as a clairvoyant “holy man.” This is the last name of the author of the Booker Prize-winning novel The Inheritance (10[1])of Loss and Hullabaloo (10[1])in the Guava Orchard. (10[1])For 10 points, give this last name shared by an Indian author with the first name Kiran and her mother Anita. (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Desai [accept Kiran Desai; accept Anita Desai]
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Omer KeskinOxfordEdinburgh6015
Enoch YuenImperial ADurham96-5
Matthew SpryImperial BCambridge B13110
Thomas HartWarwickBristol13510
Faiz AhmedBirminghamCambridge A13910
Michael KohnDurhamImperial A16010

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2023 ARCADIA at DukeEmory, Duke, YaleY367%33%0%113.00
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2023 ARCADIA at ImperialImperialY5100%20%20%125.00
2023 ARCADIA at MarylandMaryland, OnlineY250%0%0%156.00
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2023 ARCADIA at TexasOhio State, TexasY333%0%33%133.00
2023 ARCADIA at Ohio StateOhio State, TexasY333%0%33%134.00