Packet N: Tossup 11

An author from this country interspersed personal diary entries in a fictional narrative about a port city titled for two viewpoints of a fox. In a novel from this country, one character has his business burnt down after he abducts a woman who had earlier had her eyes and tongue pecked out by vultures. (10[1])That novel from this country (10[1])is split between sections “in the desert” and “in the jungle” (10[1])and was inspired by a brothel near the author’s childhood town. (10[2])The question “At what point (-5[1])did (10[1])[this country] (10[2])fuck itself up” (10[1])opens (10[1])a novel consisting of an interview between (10[1])Ambrosio and Santiago (-5[1])Zamala. (10[1])An author from this country wrote a novel about a writer of (-5[1])telenovelas (10[1]-5[1])at the (10[1])radio station (10[4]-5[1])Panamericana. (10[6]-5[1])For 10 points, (10[1])name this home country of the author of Aunt Julia (10[1])and the Scriptwriter, (10[3])Mario (10[1])Vargas Llosa. (10[1])■END■ (10[2]0[8])

ANSWER: Peru (The first author is José María Arguedas.)
<Carleton A, World Literature> | Packet N - Simon Fraser A, Carleton A, Georgia Tech A, Claremont A, Warwick A, Columbia B
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PlayerTeamOpponentBuzzpointValue
Yihong ChenToronto COttawa5310
Sam KemenyBrandeis BSouthern Connecticut State5810
Albert NyangLSEOxford A6910
Anthony YinCWRU BCWRU A8010
Yrwin BatanMITHarvard A8010
Ariel FaederPittsburghMichigan A85-5
Richard PollardUCLCity St. George's8610
Jaskaran SinghUCLA BUCLA A8810
Milan FernandezBrockWaterloo A8810
Ryan RosenbergNYU AMaryland C9110
Aiden DartleyRutgers AMaryland B9210
Ben WismathToronto BWestern B9910
Moses KitakuleColumbia AJohns Hopkins B102-5
Rachel FanousMichigan BMichigan C10310
Rayton LinWaterloo BUBC A115-5
Ishan JoshiToronto MetropolitanToronto E116-5
Ben HellmanSwarthmoreJohns Hopkins A11610
Jerry VinokurovJohn JayMaryland A11810
March DelfinUCSD BUCSD A12010
Charlotte BauerMcGill BToronto F120-5
Tai BelkeUBC BMcMaster B12010
Dylan SteptoeGuelphWestern C12010
Chauncey LoColumbia CNYU C12010
Dmitri Anh-Minh TranUC Santa BarbaraUC Irvine12110
Andrew McCowanQueen'sToronto G12110
Christian HumeniukMcMaster AWestern A12110
Joshua GarnerOhio State BOhio State C12110
Matteo FrondutiDurhamCambridge B12110
Charlie LowmanImperial AOxford B12110
Henry BauerNYU BRutgers B121-5
Roxanne TangOhio State AMichigan State12410
Lovel HearnEdinburgh BCambridge C13410
Russell NipUBC AWaterloo B13710
Ted WarnerBristolImperial C13710
Jarman TaylorJohns Hopkins BColumbia A13710
Galen MuellerMcGill AToronto D13810
Joshua KochMichigan APittsburgh14010
Rae MeyersArizona StateUCSD C14110
Bailey LacefieldToronto FMcGill B1410
Amir DolanskyToronto EToronto Metropolitan1410
Elliott GomesDartmouth ABowdoin B1410
Jeremy RyuBowdoin BDartmouth A1410
Kayla DrajpuchBrandeis ABowdoin A14110
Jackson PriceDartmouth BHarvard B1410
Chloe ChowHarvard BDartmouth B1410
Eli YoungVassarCatholic1410
Dillon GeorgeCatholicVassar1410

Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
California (South)Main Site4100%0%117.50
CanadaMain Site1182%27%110.78
Great LakesMain Site5100%20%113.60
NortheastMain Site560%0%93.00
UKMain Site6100%0%111.33
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain Site875%25%112.33