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Because a boy created by this author makes up the story as he goes, his adoptive father tells him he is not “real reading” a child’s version of Don Quixote. After arriving at Novilla in a refugee boat, Simón raises the five-year-old Davíd in the first novel of an allegorical trilogy by this author titled for Jesus. In a novel by this author, a man takes refuge in the mountains after being treated like a servant at a farm by the Visagies' (“vih-SAH-hees”) grandson. At the end of a novel by this author, (-5[1])a man who had written the opera Byron in Italy (10[1])decides to euthanize a dog (10[1])at a shelter (10[1])owned by Bev Shaw. (10[2])This author created a middle-aged (-5[1])professor who is fired for sexually pressuring his student Melanie Isaacs. For 10 points, what South African author of Life & Times of Michael K also wrote about David Lurie (-5[1])in Disgrace? (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[1])

ANSWER: J. M. Coetzee [or John Maxwell Coetzee]
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2024 ACF Winter at Clemson2024-11-16Y888%0%0%127.57
2024 ACF Winter at Lehigh2024-11-16Y6100%0%17%119.33
2024 ACF Winter at Northwestern2024-11-16Y989%0%33%124.25
2024 ACF Winter at Ohio State2024-11-16Y771%0%29%127.60
2024 ACF Winter at UBC2024-11-16Y3100%0%0%120.33

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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Justin HawkinsIndiana AWashU B91-5
Arjun KalaUIUC BUChicago C10110
Aden SunUChicago AUChicago B10610
Conner YamnitzWashU CWashU D10910
Emily ZenUChicago DMiami11310
Michael HundingUIUC APurdue A11310
David MathewPurdue BUIUC C118-5
Stephen WalshNorthwestern APurdue C148-5
Neal JoshiWashU BIndiana A15010
Aneesh ShrotriyaPurdue CNorthwestern A1510
Jisoo ParkUIUC CPurdue B15110
Davis JohnsonPurdue DUIUC D15110