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A character in a novel by an author born in this country befriends the trans character Harry/Harriet, who takes her to join a militant revolutionary group. Clare Savage appears in the semi-autobiographical novels No Telephone to Heaven and Abeng by an author from this country named Michelle Cliff. In the section“Ambush in the Night,” gunmen (15[1])under Josey Wales try to stop a concert in a novel from this country in an attempt to (*) murder a character known as “the singer.” The section “White Lines/Kids in America” appears in a novel from this country that partly focuses on crack wars in NYC, (-5[1])A Brief History of (10[1])Seven Killings by Marlon James. This country is the pen name used by the author of Lucy and a story about a disapproving mother, “Girl.” For 10 points, name this Caribbean nation whose authors have fictionalized assassination attempts on Bob Marley. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Jamaica [or Jamaica Kincaid]
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