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In a novella set in this country, a girl falls into a well while trying to get water as a final gesture for her foster parents before returning to her family. The protagonist of another novella set in this country frees a woman locked in a coal shed despite accepting a bribe from nuns at a convent. An author from this country wrote an essay collection on the lives of Oscar Wilde, Pedro Almodóvar (“al-mo-DOH-var”), and other gay figures from history and art, titled Love in a Dark Time. Characters from this country include Bill Furlong from Small Things Like These and Ellis Lacey, (10[1])who studies (10[1])bookkeeping (10[1])and (-5[1])marries Tony Fiorello (10[1])after moving to New York. (10[1])An author from (10[1])this country (10[1])wrote about (10[1])the disastrous (10[1])premiere of Henry James’s play (10[1])Guy (10[1])Domville (10[3])in his novel (10[1])The Master (10[2])and also wrote Brooklyn. For (10[2])10 points, (10[1])name this home country of Claire Keegan and Colm Tóibín ■END■ (10[4]0[1])

ANSWER: Ireland [or Republic of Ireland; or Éire; or Poblacht na hÉireann] (The novella is Claire Keegan’s Foster.)
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