text: The narrator of a novella by this author interrogates a ship's nervous captain, who is being shaved.
full_question: The narrator of a novella by this author interrogates a ship's nervous captain, who is being shaved. That work by this author climaxes as a figurehead inscribed with the message "follow your leader" is revealed to display the skeleton of Alexandro Aranda. One of this author's characters gets imprisoned in the Tombs after he refuses to stop sleeping in his office. That character created by this author works with Nippers and Turkey, is said to have worked in the dead letter office, and responds to every question with the statement "I would prefer not to." For 10 points, name this author of Benito Cereno and "Bartleby, the Scrivener" who also wrote Moby Dick.
first_sentence: The narrator of a novella by this author interrogates a ship's nervous captain, who is being shaved.
raw_answer: Herman Melville   