In the former novel, the main character, a sixty year old Californian, calls on Jeremy Podarge for assistance in learning the secrets of eternal life.
The setting for one novel by this man is a castle where two baboons copulate regularly, to which Virginia often quips "well, aren't they human!" That novel's main character is prescribed a diet of carp entrails, which inspires a trip that culminates with the main characters visiting a barely-human sack of skin and bones dressed in the Order of the Garter in an underground estate. Another work by this man re-imagines society as a group of Belial worshippers, whose namesake fourteen day orgies, in which babies are purified by blood, are described by the Arch-Vicaro to Alfred Poole. In the former novel, the main character, a sixty year old Californian, calls on Jeremy Podarge for assistance in learning the secrets of eternal life. This author of After Many a Summer Dies the Swan and Ape and Esence also wrote a novel in which John and Mustapha Mond discuss the nature of society. For 10 points, identify this author of Brave New World.
The setting for one novel by this man is a castle where two baboons copulate regularly, to which Virginia often quips "well, aren't they human!"
Aldous Huxley