Question
This region "and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch" title a memoir by Henry Miller, who lived here for most of the 1940s and 50s. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this region, which titles a novel in which a stand-in for the author stays at Lorenzo Monsanto’s cabin. In another novel, Lee Mellon claims descent from a pseudo-historical figure from this region.
ANSWER: Big Sur [accept A Confederate General from Big Sur; accept Big Sur and the Oranges of Hieronymus Bosch]
[10m] The failure of A Confederate General from Big Sur almost stopped its author from publishing this novel, which shares its title with a character called “Shorty.” This novel was partly inspired by its author’s time on Idaho creeks.
ANSWER: Trout Fishing in America (by Richard Brautigan)
[10e] In Jack Kerouac's Big Sur, Kerouac’s stand-in Jack Duluoz learns of his cat’s death from Lorenzo Monsanto while in this place. Monsanto owns this San Francisco bookstore, like his real-life model Lawrence Ferlinghetti.
ANSWER: City Lights Bookstore
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