Round 7: 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 him. A retelling of one of this author’s novels by Kamel Daoud names a character Musa. In another novel by this author, 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, which opens with the death of thousands of rats in Oran. (10[1])This author (10[1])of The Plague created a character who shows no emotion at his mother’s funeral in a novel in which he is arrested for (10[1])shooting an Arab. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Meursault (“mur-SOH”) in The Stranger. ■END■ (10[2])

ANSWER: Albert Camus (“kah-MOO”) (The Daoud novel is The Meursault Investigation.)
<Editors, European Literature> | Packet H
= Average correct buzzpoint

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Summary

TournamentEditionMatchHeardConv. %Neg %Avg. Buzz
Northern CaliforniaMain4100%0%93.50
Southern CaliforniaMain7100%14%72.57
Eastern Canada (1)Main5100%0%61.60
Eastern Canada (2)Main9100%11%68.22
FloridaMain475%0%97.00
Great LakesMain11100%9%82.91
Lower Mid-AtlanticMain9100%11%82.78
Upper Mid-AtlanticMain12100%0%77.17
MidwestMain9100%22%64.22
NorthMain3100%33%80.00
NortheastMain1292%8%62.36
PacificMain8100%38%81.25
South CentralMain7100%0%105.43
SoutheastMain13100%0%75.31
Upstate NYMain5100%0%107.20
UK (North)UK5100%0%72.40
UK (South)UK8100%0%77.00