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The Neighborhood : a Novel by Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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<p><b>WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE</b><br><b><br>A thrilling tale of desire and Peruvian corruption swirls around a scandalous exposé that leads to murder</b><br><br>From the Nobel Laureate comes a politically charged detective novel weaving through the underbelly of Peruvian privilege. In the 1990s, during the turbulent and deeply corrupt years of Alberto Fujimori’s presidency, two wealthy couples of Lima’s high society become embroiled in a disturbing vortex of erotic adventures and politically driven blackmail. <br><br>One day Enrique, a high-profile businessman, receives a visit from Rolando Garro, the editor of a notorious magazine that specializes in salacious exposés. Garro presents Enrique with lewd pictures from an old business trip and demands that he invest in the magazine. Enrique refuses, and the next day the pictures are on the front page. Meanwhile, Enrique’s wife is in the midst of a passionate and secret affair with the wife of Enrique’s lawyer and best friend. When Garro shows up murdered, the two couples are thrown into a whirlwind of navigating Peru’s unspoken laws and customs, while the staff of the magazine embark on their greatest exposé yet.<br><b

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Author

Mario Vargas Llosa, Edith Grossman

Publisher

Farrar, Straus and Giroux

Published

2018

Language

EN

ISBN

9780374716134

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Thriller, Fiction

Rating

3.8 / 5 (261 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14