That protagonist is married to Gowan Stevens.
The protagonist of this novel says "A joke that has to be diagrammed is like trying to excuse an egg" after she makes a failed joke about the metaphor of the blindfold and the firing squad. The three sections of this novel are subtitled "A Name for the City," "Beginning Was the Word," and "Not Even Yet Quite Relinquish." One character in this novel is a nanny named Nancy Mannigoe, who has been sentenced to death for killing the six-month-old daughter of the protagonist. That protagonist is married to Gowan Stevens. This novel is written as a play, interrupted by prose sections about the history of Yoknapatawpha County. This novel, which contains the famous line "The past is never dead. It's not even past," is the sequel to a novel in which Popeye rapes this novel's protagonist with a corncob. For 10 points, name this William Faulkner novel about Temple Drake, a sequel to Sanctuary.
The protagonist of this novel says "A joke that has to be diagrammed is like trying to excuse an egg" after she makes a failed joke about the metaphor of the blindfold and the firing squad.
Requiem for a Nun