In one novel by this author, residents of the city of Lindalina revolt against Laputa, a kingdom that fights by throwing stones down onto belligerents.
Discussions of the grand nature of a spider's web interrupt an argument carried out by volumes in a library in a satire by this author. In one novel by this author, residents of the city of Lindalina revolt against Laputa, a kingdom that fights by throwing stones down onto belligerents. One of this author's written works suggests the use of 120,000 children in a "fricassee or ragout." That pamphlet, which recommends that poor Irish people sell their babies as food, is titled A Modest Proposal. The protagonist of this author's most work meets the minuscule Lilliputians on an extensive global voyage. For 10 points, name this Anglo-Irish author of Gulliver's Travels.
Discussions of the grand nature of a spider's web interrupt an argument carried out by volumes in a library in a satire by this author.
Jonathan Swift [accept The Battle of the Books before "author" is read]