This author wrote a story in which a terminally-ill man develops a habit of shouting "CUNT!"
This author wrote a story in which a terminally-ill man develops a habit of shouting "CUNT!" with strong New England accent, so it comes out as "KANT!" In an essay, this author credited the children's book Johnny Tremain with sparking his interest in becoming a writer. The brooding family man Morse and the suffering artist Aldo Cummings suddenly snap out of their respective daydreams when they realize that two canoeing girls are in danger of careening down a cataract in this author's story "The Falls." His inaugural collection features a psychopathic Vietnam vet bodyguard who cuts the hands off a boy who steals candy in its title story, and ends with a novella about an underclass of Americans with (*) birth defects known as the Flawed, titled "Bounty." Janet loses her job as an actress playing a cavewoman at a historical reenactment theme park in the title story of this author's best-known collection. For 10 points, name this deadpan contemporary author of Tenth of December, CivilWarLand in Bad Decline, and Pastoralia.
This author wrote a story in which a terminally-ill man develops a habit of shouting "CUNT!"
George Saunders