Round 8: Tossup 3

In a novel by this author, a man on death row rants that a chaplain is “living life like a dead man” before attacking (10[1])him. (10[1])A retelling of one of this author’s novels by Kamel Daoud (10[2])names a character Musa. In another novel by this author, (10[1])a character’s death is labeled a “doubtful case” after he gives a despairing sermon on the death of Othon’s son. Father Paneloux (“pah-nuh-LOO”) appears in a novel by this author, (10[1])which opens with the death of thousands of rats in Oran. (10[1])This author of The Plague (10[1])created a character (10[1])who shows no emotion at his mother’s funeral in a novel in which (10[1])he is arrested for shooting an Arab. For 10 (10[1])points, name this author who wrote about Meursault (“mur-SOH”) in The Stranger. ■END■ (10[2])

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