Question
This author claimed that Hitler hated one of his novels so much that he started the Second World War to “torpedo it”. In that novel by this author, one character asks another whether his wife has fur on her legs in order to determine her “kangaroolity.” A recurring character created by this author, who invents the oxygen-extracting substance DMP, is a scholar whose work obsesses a character who finds a cash box after killing (*) Mathers with Divney. In a novel by this author, the Good Fairy and Pooka McPhellimey put a writer of Westerns on trial for his life. In one novel by this author, Pluck describes an atomic theory in which one turns into a bicycle. In another novel, this author depicted fictional characters rebelling against their creator Dermot Trellis. For 10 points, name this Irish author of The Third Policeman and At Swim-Two-Birds. ■END■
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