Round 9: Tossup 19

A novel by this author is presented as Edmund’s sealed journal on travelers to Australia and is titled Rites of Passage. A character created by this author is a corpse who failed to kick off his seaboots and didn’t survive a U-boat attack. (-5[1])In a novel by this author, glowing fish wash away with the bodies of a boy who had hallucinations and of a parachuter mistaken as (*) “the (10[1])Beast.” (10[2])This author (-5[1])of Pincher Martin depicted a tribe that sets up an offering of a pig’s (10[1])head on a stick and rallies (10[1])around Roger. (10[1])Schoolboys in a novel (10[1])by this author (-5[1])use Piggy’s glasses to create fire (0[1]-5[2])and rally around a conch shell. For 10 points, name this author of The Lord of the Flies. ■END■ (10[1]0[2])

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