Which citation format is correct if a student is quoting a line on page 45 of a book titled Prison by Horace Gardener?

In MLA-style parenthetical citations, give the author’s last name and the page number, with no comma or “p.” between them. For a quote on page 45, the correct citation is “(Gardener 45).” The book title is not needed because the author is identified.

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