This author wrote a novel about a man who sneaks on board the steamship Fidele, where he interacts with the passengers during April Fool's Day masquerades.
This author wrote a novel about a man who sneaks on board the steamship Fidele, where he interacts with the passengers during April Fool's Day masquerades. Another of his works features a scene where a man is shaved by Babo, ostensibly his faithful servant but actually his captor. Besides The Confidence Man and (*) "Benito Cereno," this man wrote a novella that ends with the handsome-faced title character saying "God bless Captain Vere!" before being hanged. For 10 points, name this American author of Billy Budd and a novel about Starbuck, Queequeg, and Ahab's pursuit of a great white whale, Moby-Dick.
This author wrote a novel about a man who sneaks on board the steamship Fidele, where he interacts with the passengers during April Fool's Day masquerades.
Herman {Melville}