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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 (10[1])(“say-MEE”) grows up in this city (-5[1])in the 1977 novel Paradiso. An author who was an (-5[1])exile to London wrote about his sexual exploits in this city (-5[1])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 (-5[1])in this capital city wrote the collection Versos sencillos (“sen-SEE-yohs”), which includes the poems “I Cultivate a White Rose” and “Guantanamera.” For 10 points, what capital city was the birthplace of José Martí? ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Havana [or La Habana] (José Lezama Lima wrote Paradiso. Guillermo Cabrera Infante wrote Infante’s Inferno and Three Trapped Tigers.)
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Stan MelkumianPurdueNotre Dame C5410
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Sam McNameeNotre Dame AIowa69-5
Andrew ZengStanford BNorthwestern B80-5
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