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The neighborhood : a novel / Mario Vargas Llosa ; translated from the Spanish by Edith Grossman.
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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780374155124
- ISBN: 0374155127
- Physical Description: 244 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Spanish in 2016 by Alfaguara Ediciones, Spain, as Cinco Esquinas." -- Title page verso |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Marisa's dream -- An unexpected visit -- Weekend in Miami -- The entrepreneur and the lawyer -- The den of gossip -- A wreck of show business -- Quique's agony -- Shorty -- A singular affair -- The three jokers -- The scandal -- The people's dining room -- An absence -- Conjugal disagreements and agreements -- Shorty is afraid -- The landowner and the Chinese woman -- Strange operations regarding Juan Peineta -- Engineer Cárdenas's longest night -- Shorty and power -- A whirlpool -- Special edition of exposed -- Happy ending? |
| Language Note: | Translated from the Spanish. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Sensationalism in journalism > Fiction. Political corruption > Peru > Fiction. Lima (Peru) > History > 20th century > Fiction. Peru > History > 1980- > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Historical fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albright Memorial Library | FICTION VARGAS (Text) | 50686015321412 | Storage | Available | - |
| Bethlehem Main Library | f (Text) | 33062008961584 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Parkland Community Library | F VAR (Text) | 34422007056019 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Pottsville Free Public Library | Fic (Text) | 30003008883645 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Reading Public Library RPL - Main | Fiction Vargas Llosa (Text) | 33223008247925 | Fiction | Available | - |
