A character created by this author ends a tale with a dwarf named Omba being told to look away as a hero takes off his mask to mourn the bird Black Wing. In that story by this author, a college student imitating serial novels tells stories to the Comanche Club while driving their bus. A story by this author ends with Boo Boo racing her son Lionel after he overhears a maid say a slur. A character created by this author kisses a girl’s foot after she claims to see an animal that (*) gorges itself and dies when it can’t leave its feeding hole. In a story by this author of “The Laughing Man” and “Down at the Dinghy,” a man shoots himself after talking with Sybil Carpenter on a beach. For 10 points, name this author who wrote about Seymour and other members of the Glass family in stories like “A Perfect Day for Bananafish.” ■END■
ANSWER: J.D. Salinger [or Jerome David Salinger]
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