A scene in this work involves the discovery of dead, naked banker named J.M
A scene in this work involves the discovery of dead, naked banker named J.M.B. and a character's mistaken belief about the lengths to which his longtime friend would go to cover it up.  Its main character pens an article ruminating on the need to put pets to sleep after he is told by his maid, Damiana, that his cat has become uncontrollable.  Although its protagonist was once engaged to a woman named Ximena Ortiz, she leaves him after he spends one last night in the Barrio Chino. Set in the town of La Paz, its narrator, a newspaper critic, once boastful of his status as two time client of the year in the city's red light district, ends up falling in love for the first time with a girl 76 years younger than him at Rosa Cabarcas' brothel.  For 10 points, identify this 2004 novella about a 90 year old writer's love for Delgadina, a work by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
A scene in this work involves the discovery of dead, naked banker named J.M.B. and a character's mistaken belief about the lengths to which his longtime friend would go to cover it up.  
Memories of My Melancholy Whores or Memoria de Mis Putas Tristes