Question
A philosopher in this novel who frequently farts while tending his garden is the father of the investigative journalist Melanie, whom the police eventually ban from entering the country. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this novel focused on the schoolteacher Ben Du Toit (“twah”), whose life slowly implodes after he starts investigating the death of the Black janitor Gordon.
ANSWER: A Dry White Season [or ’n Droë wit seisoen] (by André Brink)
[10e] André Brink’s A Dry White Season is often compared to this other South African political novel, in which Stephen Kumalo journeys to Johannesburg in search of Absalom and Gertrude.
ANSWER: Cry, the Beloved Country (by Alan Paton)
[10h] In A Dry White Season, Ben befriends and is assisted by the part-time criminal Stanley, who also has this job. A queer Tamil woman has this job in the 2023 debut novel of Priya Guns.
ANSWER: taxi driver [accept rideshare driver or Uber driver; accept Your Driver is Waiting]
<Taylor Harvey, World Literature>
Summary
| 2023 Chicago Open | 08/05/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| BHSU | Teach Us to Outgrow Our Ladness | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Evans Hall destruction awaiters | Curse you, Periplus the Platypus! | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Romanos IV Diogenes’ Macaroni Grill | remembrance of lost time | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |