One of this author's characters retires to the countryside to write the book Autobiography of a Prisoner and is often referred to as "the ticket-of-leave apostle".
One of this author's characters retires to the countryside to write the book Autobiography of a Prisoner and is often referred to as "the ticket-of-leave apostle". Another of this author's characters encounters two ominous women knitting black wool while applying for a job recently vacated by the late Fresleven. In one of this man's books, Michaelis and "the Professor" are among those investigated by Chief Inspector Heat. Ossipon elopes with, then abandons, (*) Winnie after the latter learns that her brother Stevie was killed in an attempted bombing of Greenwich Observatory in this man's novel about Mr. Verloc. The narrator of a novel by this man encounters a Russian harlequin and tells his story from the deck of the Nellie. For 10 points, name this author of The Secret Agent, who wrote of Charlie Marlow's search for the ivory trader Kurtz in Heart of Darkness.
One of this author's characters retires to the countryside to write the book Autobiography of a Prisoner and is often referred to as "the ticket-of-leave apostle".
Joseph Conrad [or Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski]