In addition to Foe and Waiting for the Barbarians, this man wrote about a hare-lipped gardener who journeys to his mother's hometown in one work, while another features a professor who loses his job after he seduces a student.
One of this man's novels is narrated by Susan Barton and is modeled on Robinson Crusoe, while another of his novels features the invasion of a frontier town by Colonel Joll and takes its title from a Constantine Cavafy poem. In addition to Foe and Waiting for the Barbarians, this man wrote about a hare-lipped gardener who journeys to his mother's hometown in one work, while another features a professor who loses his job after he seduces a student. The creator of the character David Lurie, for 10 points, identify this South African author of The Life and Times of Michael K and Disgrace.
One of this man's novels is narrated by Susan Barton and is modeled on Robinson Crusoe, while another of his novels features the invasion of a frontier town by Colonel Joll and takes its title from a Constantine Cavafy poem.
John Maxwell Coetzee