The title character of one of his novels imagines himself as the ivory Christ in his bedroom and is shot after stretching out his arms to embrace Doyle.
A character in one of this author's short stories is haunted by the memory of losing a fly ball during a baseball game. In addition to writing that story about F. Winslow, "Western Union Boy," this author wrote a novel in which the title character orgasms after discarding the stories of some authors he meets inside the rectum of the Trojan Horse. As well as authoring The Dream Life of Balso Snell, this man wrote a novel in which Tod Hackett becomes obsessed with Faye Greener, who relies on Homer Simpson for support. The title character of one of his novels imagines himself as the ivory Christ in his bedroom and is shot after stretching out his arms to embrace Doyle. That character had earlier quit his job as a columnist who gives love advice in the New York Dispatch. For 10 points, name this author of The Day of the Locust and Miss Lonelyhearts.
A character in one of this author's short stories is haunted by the memory of losing a fly ball during a baseball game.
Nathanael {West}