One of this author’s characters, who “censures” a novel for being written in a dialect “without article,” is said to be left in the “X condition” after heavy drinking. This author claims that a rival’s books, “being bad, are harder than stones,” after giving a parable about a man who is beaten for dropping a rock on a prized “lurcher.” In a novel by this author, a rival’s book is called “so bad” that it would be impossible to do worse on purpose by devils using it as a (*) tennis ball at the gates of hell. In a preface, this author asks whether “it is an easy thing to write a book” (10[1])after telling a story about a madman who uses a pointed (10[1])reed to inflate a dog. (10[1])An affidavit (10[1]-5[1])stating that another author's characters are impostors is signed by Álvaro Tarfe in a novel by this author (-5[1])that ends with an attack (10[1])on a “pretended Tordesillesque (“tor-day-SEE-yesk”) writer.” For 10 points, name this author who savaged Alonso Fernández (-5[1])de Avellaneda (“ah-bay-ah-NAY-dah”) for writing an unauthorized (10[1])sequel. ■END■ (10[3])