This novel's protagonist cannot think “in terms of blacks and whites, goods and evils, God and the devil” in a lengthy second-person passage. This novel's narrator notes he didn't know he could “urinate without being aware of it” while struggling to make sense of voices nearby. On the Cocuya estate, the mother of this novel's protagonist, Isabel, is assaulted by Atanasio. A lawyer in this novel, who notes how (*) corruption can make revolutions fail before being executed by firing squad, is the son of Father Paez (“PAH-ayss”). Gonzalo Bernal is betrayed by the protagonist of this novel, who runs away with Lunero to Veracruz. In this novel, Catalina and Teresa sit by the protagonist's bedside, hoping to learn the contents of his will. For 10 points, name this novel about the last days of a Mexican tycoon by Carlos Fuentes. ■END■
ANSWER: The Death of Artemio Cruz [or La Muerte de Artemio Cruz]
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