<b>Samuel Phillips Savage</b> (November 9, 1940 – January 17, 2019) was an American novelist and poet, best known for his 2006 novel <i>Firmin: Adventures of a Metropolitan Lowlife</i>. Other published works are <i>The Cry of the Sloth</i>, <i>The Criminal Life of Effie O</i>, and <i>Glass</i>. <br/><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Savage">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Savage</a>