An author from this country intertwined scenes of Robert Browning in Venice with the lives of the main characters in the novel The Whirlpool. In one of 11 interviews conducted by Graeme Gibson with novelists from this country, Timothy Findley coined the name for one region in this country’s “Southern Gothic” literature. “Boy” Staunton causes a pregnant woman to go into premature labor in Fifth Business, a novel in this country’s Deptford Trilogy. An author from this country featured symposiums led by Professor Pieixoto as metafictional epilogues for two novels. While meeting outside of the “Ceremony” in a novel from this country, Offred plays Scrabble with the Commander. For 10 points, name this home country of the author of The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood. ■END■
ANSWER: Canada (The Whirlpool is by Jane Urquhart. The second line refers to “Southern Ontario Gothic.” The Deptford Trilogy is by Robertson Davies.)
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