The story of the protagonist is told by Jacques Laurelle as he prepares to leave Quauhnahuac.  
One character in this work muses on the concept of "Thalavethiparothiam," or "strength obtained by decapitation," while shaving the protagonist.  Recurring images in this novel include a horse branded with the number seven and posters for the film "The Hands of Orlac," running at the cinema owned by Se?r Bustamante.  After watching his brother fight a bull, the protagonist drunkenly recalls waiting for Lee Maitland on a train platform, though she never arrived.  The conflict of the novel centers around his struggle to forgive his estranged wife Yvonne for her affair with Hugh, but she is eventually trampled to death by a horse while searching for him.  The story of the protagonist is told by Jacques Laurelle as he prepares to leave Quauhnahuac.  Taking place on the Day of the Dead, this is, for 10 points, what novel about the demise of Geoffrey Firmin by Malcolm Lowry?
One character in this work muses on the concept of "Thalavethiparothiam," or "strength obtained by decapitation," while shaving the protagonist.  
Under the Volcano