The Death of Artemio Cruz

Name: The Death of Artemio Cruz
Author: Carlos Fuentes

by Carlos Fuentes

A dying Mexican tycoon's life is revealed through fragmented memories of ambition and corruption

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Carlos Fuentes

Mexico's foremost 20th-century novelist, whose sweeping historical fiction explored Mexican identity and the legacy of the conquest. The Death of Artemio Cruz is his most celebrated work.

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