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In an epilogue set in a movie theater in this city, a man loses his wedding ring, watch, and cufflinks between the legs of a woman he fondles. A novel set in this city that retells the killing of Trotsky in multiple styles also includes the wordplay-heavy dialogue of Bustrófedon. The gay poet José Cemí (“say-MEE”) grows up in this city in the 1977 novel Paradiso. (-5[1])An author who was an exile to London wrote about his sexual exploits in this city in a novel published in English as [his name]’s Inferno, and used this city’s dialects in his Joycean novel Three Trapped Tigers. A poet born in this capital city wrote the collection (-5[1])Versos sencillos (10[1]-5[1])(“sen-SEE-yohs”), which includes the poems “I Cultivate a White Rose” (10[1])and “Guantanamera.” For 10 points, what capital city was the birthplace of José Martí? ■END■ (10[2]0[1])

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