Question

In an entry in this series, the narrator claims to be Herman Melville when talking to a stranger at a bar, right before he chases the stranger outside and tackles him. An entry in this series ends after two characters find a red notebook in an empty apartment. A character in this series uses Humpty Dumpty as the basis for a fictional secretary of John Milton named Henry Dark, whom he fabricates to justify his theory of recovering the (*) prelapsarian language, which he tests by locking his son in a dark room for nine years. In an entry in this series, the narrator attempts to track down Fanshawe after being named his literary executor. (-5[1])Peter Stillman hires Daniel Quinn to protect him in the first entry in this series, which centers on private investigators. For 10 points, the novels Ghosts, The Locked Room, and City of Glass (10[1])make up what series (10[1])by (10[1])Paul Auster titled for (10[1])an American city? ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

ANSWER: The New York Trilogy [reject “New York” alone; reject “New York series”]
<Literature - American Literature - Long Fiction>
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Buzzes

PlayerTeamOpponentBuzz PositionValue
Henry CafaroThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)BHSU Rebirth113-5
Dylan MinarikBHSU ReFantazioWho is the Colleen Hoover of the Zulus?14610
Jeremy CummingsWashUMusic to Help You Stop Smoking15010
Rob CarsonBHSU RebirthThe Love Song of J Alfred PrufRock and Roll All Nite (and Party Every Day)15110
Sinecio Moraleshawk two ofNortheast by Northwestern15510
Jonathan VaysmanClown SquadThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five Days1590
Logan MathisThat Feeling When Knee Surgery Is in Five DaysClown Squad1590
Todd MaslykClown SenpaisNotre Dame15910

Summary

2024 ARGOS @ Stanford02/22/2025Y3100%0%0%110.00
2024 ARGOS @ McMaster11/17/2024Y580%0%20%141.00
2024 ARGOS @ Chicago11/23/2024Y683%0%17%152.20
2024 ARGOS @ Columbia11/23/2024Y3100%0%33%118.67
2024 ARGOS @ Christ's College12/14/2024Y3100%0%0%117.00