Question

In a story by this author, a man anxious about getting married has a dream in which a shopkeeper sells him a hot new type of fabric called “wife.” A fictional version of this author gives the name “Caracas” to an inanimate object that manages to contract syphilis. This writer marries a humanoid balloon (15[1])in a story titled for his “wife,” by Tommaso Landolfi. This author wrote a story in which a painter buys opium from a Persian, gets high, proposes marriage to a (*) prostitute, and finally slits (10[1])his throat. The dogs Meggy and Fidel are overheard gossiping in another story by this author, in which the impending accession (-5[1])of Isabella II inspires Poprishchkin (poe-PRISH-kin) to declare himself king of Spain. For 10 points, name this Ukrainian author of fantastical stories like “Nevsky Prospect” and “Diary of a (10[1])Madman.” ■END■

ANSWER: Nikolay Vasilievich Gogol (The story in the lead-in is “Ivan Fyodorovich Shponka and his Aunt.”)
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Rahul KeyalWatching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Againmeet the new weird, same as the old weird5315
Michal GerasimiukUG Championship Players (and Mazin)Columbia B8710
Caroline Maonats is supposed to mean you all have gone softOlmo (Bonus) Bagelry108-5
Daniel MaOlmo (Bonus) Bagelrynats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft13710

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