The protagonist of one of this author's works concludes that "The war is temporary. But drawings and chocolate go on forever," while another of this man's characters plays an instrument that works by pulling cats' tails and aspires to appear on the quiz show "Who Am I." Novels by this man include a retelling set in 1940 of the life of King Arthur and a work featuring Bill and six other workers in a Chinese baby food factory who regularly have sex with the title character. An iniquitous critique by one philosopher of another's disparagement of the novel Lucinde is the subject of another work by this man, who spoofed Life Magazine profiles in (*) "Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning." That story, along with "The Balloon" and "The Indian Uprising," was collected in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts. A proponent of "dialogue-arias," this is, for 10 points, what author of Snow White whose other short story collect
The protagonist of one of this author's works concludes that "The war is temporary. But drawings and chocolate go on forever," while another of this man's characters plays an instrument that works by pulling cats' tails and aspires to appear on the quiz show "Who Am I." Novels by this man include a retelling set in 1940 of the life of King Arthur and a work featuring Bill and six other workers in a Chinese baby food factory who regularly have sex with the title character. An iniquitous critique by one philosopher of another's disparagement of the novel Lucinde is the subject of another work by this man, who spoofed Life Magazine profiles in (*) "Robert Kennedy Saved from Drowning." That story, along with "The Balloon" and "The Indian Uprising," was collected in Unspeakable Practices, Unnatural Acts. A proponent of "dialogue-arias," this is, for 10 points, what author of Snow White whose other short story collections include City Life and Come Back, Dr. Caligari.
The protagonist of one of this author's works concludes that "The war is temporary.
{Donald Barthelme}