Round 8: 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 is split between sections “in the desert” and “in the jungle” and was inspired by a brothel near the author’s childhood town. The question “At what point did [this country] (10[1])fuck itself up” opens a novel consisting of an interview between (10[1])Ambrosio and Santiago Zamala. An author from this country wrote a novel about a writer of (-5[1])telenovelas (-5[1])at the radio station (10[2]-5[1])Panamericana. (10[2])For 10 points, name this home country of the author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, (10[1])Mario (10[1])Vargas Llosa. ■END■ (0[2])

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