text: This writer developed the "status" and "contract" models of writing in an essay that labels William Gaddis as "Mr. Difficult."
full_question: This writer developed the "status" and "contract" models of writing in an essay that labels William Gaddis as "Mr. Difficult." In a novel by this man, a character flees a kitchen when he sees a plate of liver and onions, and later his father hallucinates about talking feces. He discussed the research of Shirley Bryce Heath on reading demographics in a work alternately titled "Why Bother?" or "The Harpers Essay," and he wrote a novel in which Alfred Lambert suffers from Parkinson's. For 10 points, named this contemporary author of The Corrections.
first_sentence: This writer developed the "status" and "contract" models of writing in an essay that labels William Gaddis as "Mr. Difficult."