text: This author taught writing classes at Sing Sing that helped him gather material for a novel about a convict who suffers from methadone withdrawal and has a love affair with another prisoner named Jody.
full_question: This author taught writing classes at Sing Sing that helped him gather material for a novel about a convict who suffers from methadone withdrawal and has a love affair with another prisoner named Jody. In a story by this author, a housewife hysterically concludes, "Life is too terrible, too sordid and awful," before asking her husband, "We're happy, aren't we, darling? We are happy, aren't we?" Aunt Honora, the father Leander, and the bisexual Coverly are members of the title family in this author's first novel. At the end of a story by this author, a man realizes his house is abandoned after traveling home by way of all his neighbors' pools. For 10 points, name this American author of The Wapshot Chronicle, "The Enormous Radio," and "The Swimmer."
first_sentence: This author taught writing classes at Sing Sing that helped him gather material for a novel about a convict who suffers from methadone withdrawal and has a love affair with another prisoner named Jody.
raw_answer: John Cheever