The title character of his best-known story is rejected by his mistress Shirley Adams during his journey home, in which he travels by jumping from pool to pool.
In one of this author's stories Moses cannot bury his wife's cousin and must keep her corpse in his house because his neighborhood has regulations against death. In another story Johnny Hake supports his family after being fired by breaking into his neighbors' homes. This author of "The Death of Justina" and "The Housebreaker of Shady Hill" wrote about Miss Dent who threatens her former boss Blake with a gun on the titular train in "The Five-Forty-Eight." The title character of his best-known story is rejected by his mistress Shirley Adams during his journey home, in which he travels by jumping from pool to pool. For 10 points, name this author who described Neddy Merrill in "The Swimmer" and also wrote The Wapshot Chronicle.
In one of this author's stories Moses cannot bury his wife's cousin and must keep her corpse in his house because his neighborhood has regulations against death.
John Cheever