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

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