Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
1986: A classic of the American West that follows two aging Texas Rangers embarking on one last adventure.
What is Lonesome Dove? (Larry McMurtry)
A dice game in which players bet on the outcomes of a rolling a pair of dice.
What is craps?
This lakefront county is the second most populous in the United States.
What is Cook County, IL?
Vodka or gin with vermouth and olive juice
What is a dirty martini?
Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako
What is Japan?
2007: The profoundly moving story of a journey. It boldly imagines a future in which no hope remains, but in which the father and his son, "each the other's world entire," are sustained by love.
A game named after the French word meaning little wheel.
What is roulette?
This county was prevented from finishing is ballot recount in the 2000 election following the "Brooks Brothers Riot."
What is Miami-Dade County, FL?
Vodka, Cointreau, lime juice, cranberry juice
What is a Cosmopolitan?
Willem-Alexander and Queen Máxima
What is the Netherlands?
2019: An ingeniously structured narrative that branches and canopies like the trees at the core of the story whose wonder and connectivity echo those of the humans living amongst them.
What is The Overstory? (Richard Powers)
In this card game, players do not compete against each other, but against the dealer.
Texas counties are administered not by commissioners but by "Judges," including this one where our old friend Aaron works for Judge Lina Hidalgo.
What is Harris County, TX?
Whiskey, sweet vermouth, and bitters with a Maraschino cherry
What is a Manhattan?
King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia
What is Spain?
1998: A vivid portrait of how the innocence of Swede Levov is swept away by the times--of how everything industriously created by his family in America over three generations is left in a shambles by the explosion of a bomb in his own bucolic backyard.
What is American Pastoral? (Philip Roth)
Slot machines that can be played at 1 cent per line.
What are penny slots?
Washington Crossing Historic Park in this county marks the point where George Washington’s army crossed the river. Nowadays its a hotspot for political operatives trying to get moderates to cross party lines.
What is Bucks County, PA?
Vodka and Lillet blanc, with an orange twist
What is a vesper martini?
Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia
What is Sweden?
2014: A beautifully written coming-of-age novel with exquisitely drawn characters that follows a grieving boy's entanglement with a small famous painting that has eluded destruction, a book that stimulates the mind and touches the heart.
What is The Goldfinch? (Donna Tartt)
A card game that begins with two downcards and one upcard dealt before the first betting round, followed by three more upcards.
What is seven card stud poker?
Wyoming doesn't actually have an Absaroka County, whose fictional Sheriff won over our hearts on this Netflix series.
What is Longmire?
Gin, dry vermouth, and a cocktail onion
What is a Gibson cocktail?
Margrethe II and Henrik, Prince Consort
What is Denmark?