Characters in this man's stories include a poet based on Robert Frost, Asa Bascomb, and a businessman who has an affair with Mrs. Flannagan, Charlie Pastern.  Crazy people in this man's works include Paul Hammer, whose attempt to immolate Tony on a church altar is thwarted by the chainsaw-wielding Elliot Nailles, and Miss Dent, who attacks Blake on the five-forty-eight train. Johnny Hake is the titular "Housebreaker" of a neighborhood in which several stories like "The Country Husband" are set, and he wrote a novel in which the drug-abusing college professor Ezequiel Farragut is being incarcerated in the titular prison.  Another novel focuses on Moses, Coverly, and their father Leander, members of the namesake famil
Characters in this man's stories include a poet based on Robert Frost, Asa Bascomb, and a businessman who has an affair with Mrs. Flannagan, Charlie Pastern.  Crazy people in this man's works include Paul Hammer, whose attempt to immolate Tony on a church altar is thwarted by the chainsaw-wielding Elliot Nailles, and Miss Dent, who attacks Blake on the five-forty-eight train. Johnny Hake is the titular "Housebreaker" of a neighborhood in which several stories like "The Country Husband" are set, and he wrote a novel in which the drug-abusing college professor Ezequiel Farragut is being incarcerated in the titular prison.  Another novel focuses on Moses, Coverly, and their father Leander, members of the namesake family, and he wrote a story in which Neddy Merrill decides to go home through a series of pools. For 10 points, name this author of The Wapshot Chronicle and "The Swimmer."
Characters in this man's stories include a poet based on Robert Frost, Asa Bascomb, and a businessman who has an affair with Mrs. Flannagan, Charlie Pastern.  
John Cheever