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 (15[1])is a corpse (15[1])who failed to kick off his seaboots and didn’t survive a U-boat attack. In a novel (15[1])by this author, glowing fish wash away with the bodies of a boy who had hallucinations and of a (-5[1])parachuter mistaken as (*) “the Beast.” This author (10[1])of Pincher Martin (10[1])depicted a tribe that sets up an offering of a pig’s head on a stick and rallies around Roger. Schoolboys in a novel by this author use Piggy’s glasses to create fire and rally around a conch shell. For 10 points, name this author of The Lord of the Flies. ■END■

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