Those characters, from a novel based in St Botolphs, were (*) Moses, Coverly, and Leander.
In one story by this author, the voice of the Sweeney's nurse is identified asshe read about the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo. Another work by this author ends with theburning of the manor at Clear Haven, where one character had found his wife afterhis name was tarnished by a bandleader's wife. That character's brother worked as a(+) Taper on Island 93, and his father had lost his ship, the Topaze, while crossing the Nagansakit. Those characters, from a novel based in St Botolphs, were (*) Moses, Coverly, and Leander. Another protagonist of this author traveled across the county from pool to pool before finding his house empty and was named Neddy Merrill. For ten points, name this author who wrote stories The Enormous Radio and The Swimmer for The New Yorker and wrote the novel The Wapshot Chronicle.
In one story by this author, the voice of the Sweeney's nurse is identified asshe read about the Yonghy-Bonghy-Bo.
John Cheever