In his most famous work, the titular character tells of his fall from a revolutionary into a greedy tycoon after marrying the daughter of a hacienda owner.
One of this author's novels deals with Felix Maldonado becoming an agent for the spy master Timon, and is called The Hydra Head. The subject of one of his more notable works is Phillip II's construction of El Escorial in Terra Nostra. More famously, he wrote about an elderly American writer joining forces with Pancho Villa during the Mexican Revolution in a fictionalized account of Ambrose Bierce's last days. In his most famous work, the titular character tells of his fall from a revolutionary into a greedy tycoon after marrying the daughter of a hacienda owner. For 10 points, name this Marxist Mexican author of The Old Gringo and The Death of Artemio Cruz.
One of this author's novels deals with Felix Maldonado becoming an agent for the spy master Timon, and is called The Hydra Head.
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