Packet 6: Tossup 17

At the end of a novel by this author, a man intends to look up the word “forbearance” in a dictionary presented to him by Mr. Delchef. (15[1])In a novel by this author, the map collecting protagonist is fired for vomiting at his job (15[1])as (15[1])a cram school (15[1])teacher. (15[1])A one-eyed character (15[1])created by this author organizes an American football (15[1])league in his home village, (15[2])whose members (15[1])later loot (15[1])a (*) supermarket owned by “the Emperor.” (10[2])This author wrote a semi-autobiographical (-5[1])novel about Bird’s struggles after his son Hikaru (10[3])is born (10[1])with a (10[1])brain hernia. (10[6])For 10 points, (-5[1])name this Japanese novelist (10[1])of The Silent Cry (-5[1])and A (-5[1])Personal Matter. (10[1])■END■ (10[3]0[12])

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