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The claim that this author is merely an “oracle of the truth of ‘being’” is disputed by Pascale Casanova in a book subtitled “Anatomy of a Literary Revolution.” This author’s admiration for the 17th-century philosopher Arnold Geulincx (“GOO-links”) is shared with a protagonist created by him who murders a “charcoal-burner” with the aid of his crutches. (10[1])The enigmatic narrator of a novel by this author references two of his other title characters by stating that he is neither Murphy nor Watt. (10[3])The detective (10[2])Jacques (10[1])Moran (10[1])tries to track down the title character (10[1])of a novel by this author that forms a trilogy with Malone (10[1])Dies (10[2])and The (10[1])Unnamable. (10[2]-5[1])This author (10[1])used French to write the novel Molloy (10[1])and a play centered (-5[1])on Vladimir and Estragon. For 10 points, (10[3])name this Irish author of Waiting for Godot. ■END■ (10[4])

ANSWER: Samuel Beckett [or Samuel Barclay Beckett]
<British Literature>
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