Question

In this novel, one character primarily addresses his narrations to Skimpy, a dog of unknown origins that frequently bites people. Another character in this novel (15[1])writes and distributes pornographic stories inspired by the prostitute Golden Toes and Huatica Street. The existence of four separate first-person “I’s” in this novel is referenced in the “four” that opens this novel announcing the results of a dice roll. Despite facing practical exile in this novel, (*) Gamboa refuses another character’s written confession. A character in this novel called “the slave” is murdered in retaliation for snitching on a member of a group called “The Circle” for stealing the answer key for a chemistry test. For 10 points, the cover-up of Jaguar’s crimes at Leoncio Prado Military Academy occurs in what novel by Mario Vargas Llosa? ■END■ (10[1])

ANSWER: The Time of the Hero [accept La ciudad y los perros or The City and the Dogs]
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Richard NiuCornell RCornell MATLAB2415
Cade ReinbergerRITSyracuse+Rochester13110

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