Question

In a flashback in this novel, the “agency clown” Buz leers “you gonna write some poor-nography together!” after the protagonist meets a prematurely-graying writer while working at an auto parts warehouse. A character in this book hangs herself after being tricked into thinking her children have been lost, though they have just been staying with a relative in Baltimore. In this novel's section “The Fight,” the protagonist seeks to reach her husband (*) Kevin in Maine learning that her letters never reached him. The line ■END■

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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Benjamin ChapmanThe Passion According to C.H.Parth et al.12010
Mattias EhatammThe Vulture's Guide to BuzzMilan et al.12410
Colin VeeversNeg 5! Playing Quizbowl, Liddy StyleCameron et al.1350

Summary

2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y683%0%0%122.20
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%0%102.00
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%33%130.00
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y250%0%0%124.00
2023 BHSU @ Waterloo04/15/2023Y367%0%0%122.00