A W.H. Auden essay about this author dubs the inability to consciously turn wishes into desireshis namesake "disease".
A W.H. Auden essay about this author dubs the inability to consciously turn wishes into desireshis namesake "disease". One of this man's characters left Des Moines after an incident involvingRomola Martin and has unusually large hands. That character, who is attacked by a mob afterstomping on Adore Loomis, competes for Faye Greener with a set painter who wants to paint TheBurning of (*) Los Angeles. This creator of Homer Simpson and Tod Hackett also wrote a novel whoseChrist-obsessed narrator is shot by Peter Doyle after spending most of the book being mocked by his editorShrike and answering letters from "Desperate" and "Sick-of-it-all". For 10 points, name this author of TheDay of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts.
A W.H. Auden essay about this author dubs the inability to consciously turn wishes into desireshis namesake "disease".
Nathanael West [or Nathan von Wallenstein Weinstein]