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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.

The narrator of this book observes that, despite the "hysteria of the streets," that no one really believes that the world will end. The narrator of this book remarks at one point that, though he treats a woman like a lover, he might as well tie her to a chair and beat her. Near the end of this novel, the narrator escapes from his prison cell and examines the countryside, but after finding it empty returns. Mandel continues to torture natives of Africa in this work, and those natives had earlier been persecuted by several campaigns led by Colonel Joll. The protagonist of this novel nightly bathes and anoints one of the titular women with almond oil, disassociating himself from his job in the Third Bureau. For 10 points, name this work about an unnamed magistrate, written by J. M. Coetzee.
Output:
Literature