In one work by this author, Captain MacWhirr makes the decision to go into the titular event instead of around it after consulting textbooks on proper naval procedure. This man also wrote a short story that saw a nameless Captain help the deserter Leggatt escape from the H.M.S. Sephora. In addition to writing Typhoon and (*) The Secret Sharer, this man also penned a novel in which four men lounge on the H.M.S. Nellie as Marlow tells them the story of his trip to Africa. 
In one work by this author, Captain MacWhirr makes the decision to go into the titular event instead of around it after consulting textbooks on proper naval procedure. This man also wrote a short story that saw a nameless Captain help the deserter Leggatt escape from the H.M.S. Sephora. In addition to writing Typhoon and (*) The Secret Sharer, this man also penned a novel in which four men lounge on the H.M.S. Nellie as Marlow tells them the story of his trip to Africa. In that story Marlow enters the titular location looking for the famed ivory trader Kurtz. FTP, name this Polish-born, English author of Heart of Darkness.
In one work by this author, Captain MacWhirr makes the decision to go into the titular event instead of around it after consulting textbooks on proper naval procedure.
Joseph {Conrad}