An author with this surname wrote a novel in which Mrs. Jolley and Mrs. Fleck gossip about the goings-on in the estate of Xanadu, which is owned by Mary Hare. In that novel, Blue and a gang of factory workers stage a mock crucifixion involving the Holocaust survivor Mordecai Himmelfarb. That author with this surname also wrote a novel in which a party at Mr. Bonner's allows Laura Trevelyan to meet the title explorer, who leads a doomed expedition into the (*) Outback. Another author with this surname wrote a novel series in which a boy initially named "Wart" is mentored by a man who experiences time backwards, the wizard Merlin. For 10 points, give the surname shared by the Nobel-winning Australian author of Riders in the Chariot and Voss a
An author with this surname wrote a novel in which Mrs. Jolley and Mrs. Fleck gossip about the goings-on in the estate of Xanadu, which is owned by Mary Hare. In that novel, Blue and a gang of factory workers stage a mock crucifixion involving the Holocaust survivor Mordecai Himmelfarb. That author with this surname also wrote a novel in which a party at Mr. Bonner's allows Laura Trevelyan to meet the title explorer, who leads a doomed expedition into the (*) Outback. Another author with this surname wrote a novel series in which a boy initially named "Wart" is mentored by a man who experiences time backwards, the wizard Merlin. For 10 points, give the surname shared by the Nobel-winning Australian author of Riders in the Chariot and Voss and the author of the Arthurian novel series The Once and Future King.
An author with this surname wrote a novel in which Mrs. Jolley and Mrs. Fleck gossip about the goings-on in the estate of Xanadu, which is owned by Mary Hare.
White [accept Patrick (Victor Martindale) White or T(erence) H(anbury) "Tim" White]