Author of Blood very keen to return to Lima (4,5)
I believe the answer is:
gore vidal
'author of blood very keen to return to lima' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'blood very keen to return to lima' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'blood' could be 'gore' ('gore' can be a synonym of 'blood') and 'gore' is found in the answer.
'very' could be 'v' (abbreviation) and 'v' is found in the answer.
'lima' could be 'l' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.) and 'l' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ida' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for gore vidal that I've seen before include "he writes" , "American novelist and playwright, b. 1925" .)