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In a novel by this author, a woman cries while reading a letter that reveals the location of a lost Amati violin. This author dedicated an early copy of one of his novels to his friend John Sheddan, whose death in an empty theater is fictionalized in a later novel by this author. A man reminisces on his schizophrenic sister’s hallucinations of the Thalidomide Kid (15[1])in a (15[1])novel by this author, which follows two mathematical prodigies whose father worked on the atomic bomb. This author's 2022 novel (*) Stella Maris (10[1])was written as a “coda” to his novel published earlier that year, The Passenger. (10[1])The protagonist of a novel by this author joins the Glanton Gang under Judge Holden. For 10 points, name this late author who created the “Kid” in his western epic Blood (10[1])Meridian. ■END■

ANSWER: Cormac McCarthy
<Benjamin McAvoy-Bickford, American Literature>
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Michael KohnFoucault's PenndulumBetrayed by Rita Izzatdust6415
Adam Jones3HK1MMOld London Town6615
Richard PollardYes, Moderator10 Negs that Shook the Quiz8810
James CarrigyEdinburghTabearnacle10210
Daoud JacksonBroken HeartsScottish, Irish, Both or Neither13310

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2023 Penn Bowl (Harvard)10/21/2023Y3100%0%33%124.00
2023 Penn Bowl (Mainsite)10/21/2023Y7100%0%0%108.57
2023 Penn Bowl (Norcal)10/28/2023Y2100%50%0%79.00
2023 Penn Bowl (South Central)10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%104.67
2023 Penn Bowl (UK)10/28/2023Y5100%40%0%90.60
2023 Penn Bowl @ Waterloo10/28/2023Y4100%25%0%102.00
2023 Penn Bowl @ UNC10/28/2023Y3100%0%0%109.67
2023 Penn Bowl @ FSU10/28/2023Y2100%0%0%126.00