text: A play by this author is named for a train that goes from New Orleans to Los Angeles and is subtitled "A Novel in Dramatic Form".
full_question: A play by this author is named for a train that goes from New Orleans to Los Angeles and is subtitled "A Novel in Dramatic Form". In another work by this author, the protagonists eat a meal of canned pears and peaches in a bunker, but fail to find weapons. In that work, a man lights an adversary on fire with a flare but is unable to overcome an arrow wound from the fighting. In another work, this author created a group who robs a ferry on the Colorado River and massacres their (*) Yuma allies. In that novel, a man buys a string of ears from his gang after its original owner is hanged in Los Angeles. This author wrote about a man who travels with his son through a dystopian wasteland in The Road. For ten points, name this American author who wrote about the Kid's life with the Glanton gang in his novel Blood Meridian.
first_sentence: A play by this author is named for a train that goes from New Orleans to Los Angeles and is subtitled "A Novel in Dramatic Form".