Question

A character of this ethnicity loses contact with his eldest son, who joins the Brown Fists gang, and becomes homeless after discovering Grace hanged herself. A character who is partly this ethnicity lives in ■END■

ANSWER: Māori [prompt on New Zealanders; the first novel is Potiki]
<Noah Sheidlower, World Literature>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
George CharlsonScottish, Irish, Both or Neither3HK1MM52-5
Omer KeskinBetrayed by Rita IzzatdustOld London Town5915
James CarrigyEdinburghFour Neg Omelette7710
Mark GrantBroken HeartsTabearnacle7710
Michael KohnFoucault's Penndulum10 Negs that Shook the Quiz10410
Michael Mays3HK1MMScottish, Irish, Both or Neither14310

Summary

2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%0%120.67
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%29%0%92.43
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%100%0%55.50
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%101.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%20%20%92.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%0%0%102.75
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%33%0%97.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%126.50