Round 2: Tossup 13

In a 2021 novel from this country, Amor signs her family’s house over to the maid Salome in the last of four (10[1])sections framed by funerals. This home country of Damon Galgut is where a prospective nun stays with Mrs. Lithebe before abandoning her son. Mr. Carmichael represents a burglar accused of murder pro deo in a trial set in this country. That novel from this country opens with a minister’s letter informing of Gertrude’s illness. After traveling from this country’s village of Ndotsheni (“in-dot-SHAY-nee”), Stephen Kumalo finds his son in jail for the murder (10[1])of Arthur Jarvis. For 10 points, name this country, the setting of Alan Paton’s novel Cry, the Beloved Country. ■END■ (10[3])

ANSWER: South Africa [or Republic of South Africa or RSA]
<McGill B + ASU A, World Literature> | Packet B
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Buzzes


Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain3100%0%90.33
Southern CaliforniaMain771%14%101.20
Eastern Canada (1)Main475%0%104.67
Eastern Canada (2)Main978%22%83.43
FloridaMain425%0%77.00
Great LakesMain11100%18%94.36
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain989%0%81.25
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain1292%0%82.64
MidwestMain989%11%89.13
NorthMain367%0%110.00
NortheastMain12100%0%97.50
PacificMain8100%0%93.50
South CentralMain683%0%90.80
SoutheastMain12100%0%72.58
Upstate NYMain560%20%92.33
UK (North)UK5100%0%90.60
UK (South)UK743%0%106.67