Packet 9: Tossup 22

A woman created by this author is given white roses by a lover, inspiring her to send him some annually on his birthday. A man created by this author relates how he stole a book from a guard’s coat pocket in solitary confinement, (15[1])which led him to make objects out of bread and dust. (15[2])In this author’s only non-posthumous novel, a cavalryman at a party (15[1])awkwardly asks a paralyzed woman to dance. (15[2])In a novella by this author, the writer R. (15[1])learns that he is the father of a dead boy in the title (*) Letter (-5[1])from an Unknown Woman. (10[3]-5[1])Books (10[1])by this author, like the novel Beware of Pity and the memoir (10[1])The World of Yesterday, (10[7])inspired (10[1])The Grand Budapest (10[2])Hotel. (10[1]-5[1])A novella (10[1])by this author (10[1])is set on (10[1])a cruise ship where Dr. (10[1])B defeats (-5[1])the grandmaster (10[1])Mirko Czentovic. For 10 points, what Austrian author (10[1])wrote The (10[1])Royal Game, (10[3])or Chess Story? (10[2])■END■ (10[3]0[5])

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