The neighborhood : a novel
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Grossman, Edith, 1936- translator.
Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]., , 2018.
Edition
First American edition.
Physical Desc
244 pages ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status | Due Date |
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Canon City Public Library - FICTION | F VARGAS LLOSA | Checked Out | May 7, 2024 |
Ignacio Community Library - MYSTERY | MF VAR | On Shelf | |
Nederland Community Library - FICTION | Fic Llosa | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, [2018]., , 2018.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
Notes
General Note
"Originally published in Spanish in 2016 by Alfaguara Ediciones, Spain, as Cinco esquinas"--Verso.
Description
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.One day Enrique, a high-profile businessman, receives a visit from Rolando Garro, the editor of a notorious magazine that specializes in salacious expos's. 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 expos' yet.Ironic and sensual, provocative and redemptive, the novel swirls into the kind of restless realism that has become Mario Vargas Llosa's signature style. A twisting, unpredictable tale, The Neighborhood is at once a scathing indictment of Fujimori's regime and a crime thriller that evokes the vulgarity of freedom in a corrupt system.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Vargas Llosa, M., & Grossman, E. (2018). The neighborhood: a novel (First American edition.). Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and Edith Grossman. 2018. The Neighborhood: A Novel. Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, 1936- and Edith Grossman. The Neighborhood: A Novel Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Vargas Llosa, Mario, and Edith Grossman. The Neighborhood: A Novel First American edition., Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2018.
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