Question

At the beginning of this novel's third section, a chief engineer asserts that nicknames “may be the best record of a success” and compares them to “the face of a joke upon the body of a truth.” A “Secret History” of this novel's setting is the subject of a 2007 novel by Juan Gabriel Vásquez. The author's note to this novel cites the fictional book History of Fifty Years of Misrule by a character whose daughter Antonia conspires with Father (*) Corbelán to expand the Occidental Republic. Isolation on San Isabel drives the journalist Martin Decoud mad in this novel, (10[1])in which the revolutionary General Montero's invasion of Sulaco imperils Charles Gould's mine. (10[1])For 10 points, name this (10[1])novel by Joseph Conrad (10[1])whose “incorruptible” title character hides a load of silver off the coast of Costaguana. ■END■

ANSWER: Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Andrew ZengCornell C++The Enrique Trastamara Military Academy B9810
Mike CheyneRollin in from Sturgis, The Cheyne GangCornell B-11110
King VidorWhat is BH! And you are asking me? BHSUDr. Christopher Manners, MD – Samarra, Iraq11610
John BroussardHouston and friendsHutto Hippos12010

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y667%33%17%83.75
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%33%0%102.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%33%33%98.00
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%0%0%111.25
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%50%0%91.50