Round 5: 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. 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] fuck itself up” (10[1])opens (10[1])a novel consisting of an interview between Ambrosio and Santiago (-5[1])Zamala. An author from this country wrote a novel about a writer of telenovelas (10[1])at the (10[1])radio station (10[1])Panamericana. (-5[1])For 10 points, name this home country of the author of Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter, (10[1])Mario Vargas Llosa. ■END■ (0[2])

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