For 10 points, name this Mexican novelist, the author of The Old Gringo and The Death of Artemio Cruz.
In one work by this author, the death of Norma Laragoiti in a house fire is interpreted as a sacrifice by the mother of Ixca Cienfuegos and the financial empire of Federico Robles collapses. This author's other works include one in which the protagonist burns documents from the Miranda estate before being shot by General Arroyo and claimed by Harriet Winslow and one in which a business mogul recalls his marriage to Catalina and rise to power in flashbacks from his deathbed. For 10 points, name this Mexican novelist, the author of The Old Gringo and The Death of Artemio Cruz.
In one work by this author, the death of Norma Laragoiti in a house fire is interpreted as a sacrifice by the mother of Ixca Cienfuegos and the financial empire of Federico Robles collapses.
Carlos Fuentes