In that novel, the epithet "Breaker-of-Guns" is earned by Captain Winterbottom, who oversees six villages where the protagonist is the chief priest.
This author wrote about a boy who recalls hearing the cries of infant twins left to die in a pot, which made him feel "the snapping of a tightened bow." This writer created another character who a priest tells to kill a sacred royal python. In that novel, the epithet "Breaker-of-Guns" is earned by Captain Winterbottom, who oversees six villages where the protagonist is the chief priest. This author wrote about a man whom an elder (*) warns: "Bear no hand in his death," but nonetheless delivers a killing blow with a machete. That character of this author's beats his wife during the Week of Peace, is exiled for seven years for accidentally killing Ezeudu's son, and kills his adoptive son Ikemefuna. For 10 points, name this author of Arrow of God and creator of Okonkwo in Things Fall Apart.
This author wrote about a boy who recalls hearing the cries of infant twins left to die in a pot, which made him feel "the snapping of a tightened bow.
Chinua Achebe [Albert Chinualumogu Achebe] 