Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: This author wrote a novel in which the title character becomes "Comrade Arlette" and generally toys with the protagonist, Ricardo, as he travels around the world as an interpreter. In addition to The Bad Girl, he wrote a work that opens with a murdered singer hanging from a tree, and revolves around the efforts of Lituma and Silva to find the killer of the title character. This author also wrote a novel in which the title character seeks to supply the title assistance to soldiers serving in the Amazon. The author of Who Killed Palomino Molero and Captain Pantoja and the Special Service, for 10 points, who is this author of a work based on his first marriage, Aunt Julia and the Scriptwriter
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Literature