Literary Botticelli again

[chickenfeet]

OK! So I won the last round chez ironed_orchid with my l33t LB skills and, as any fule noe, breaking the eternal chain of LB results in all kinds of dire consequences like not really getting 25 trillion Euros from the Libyan government (or BAE). Thus I get to host the next round.

In-depth directions for the game can be found here on kinetikatrue's page. It's laid out pretty nicely, so I suggest you go read and come back. But basically, the question you ask must be specific enough that I can answer confidently with a particular author or character (as in, "no, I'm not Elizabeth Bennett"). If I don't get the reference, you get to ask a more general question that can be answered with a yes or no, such as the person's sex, age, nationality, etc.

One question at a time, please. This means wait until I have answered the previous person's question before you post your own.

If you haven't played before please read through the LJ specific rules before you ask your question.

For this round, my name starts with "C".

I am a fictional character. I am English and of the 20th century. My creator is dead and was not female. I am a family man, eventually. I am not Charles Carruthers, Gordon Comstock, Gerard Crich or Dr. Cornelius.

coyotegestalt is very clever and successfully worked out that I am Guy Crouchback from Evelyn Waugh's Sword of Honour trilogy.

Comments

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

Did you once invade Britain?

[ironed_orchid]

Did you write detective fiction featuring Philip Marlowe?

[f4f3.livejournal.com]

Were your exploits recorded in two books by Elmore Leonard, and made into movies where you were played by John Travolta?

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Did you occupy a set of ground-floor rooms in the quad of Hertford College?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Are you compiling a key to all mythologies?

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Did you buy petrol only the once, sometime in the '60s, for the James Bond bullet-hole decals that came with a fill-up?

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

Are you a half-breed dwarf masquerading as a human in order to tutor a prince-in-danger about the Old Narnians?

[nanila]

Are you unsure of what to do about Rosemary?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Were you played by a young Michael York in a movie version of the work you appear in? (yikes - I hope that's a fair question...)

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Did you play mind games on a Greek island with an English schoolteacher?

[intertext.livejournal.com]

Oh crap. Sorry. That's who I was thinking of.
(goes away and hits self on head with book)

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

DO you run the family mine and and feel guilty over the drowning deaths of your brother and sister?

[a-d-medievalist.livejournal.com]

Were you sent to a factory by your unkind stepfather?

[ironed_orchid]

Did you concoct a conspiracy theory concerning the Knights Templar?

[dherblay.livejournal.com]

Do you own a tabloid called The Daily Beast?

[coyotegestalt.livejournal.com]

Did you serve with the Royal Corps of Halberdiers?