The Neighborhood (novel)
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| Author | Mario Vargas Llosa |
|---|---|
| Audio read by | Julio García[1] |
| Original title | Cinco esquinas |
| Translator | Edith Grossman |
| Cover artist | Vanja Milicevic[2] Morgana Vargas Llosa[2] |
| Language | Spanish |
| Set in | Lima |
| Publisher | Alfaguara |
Publication date | 3 March 2016 |
| Publication place | Spain/Peru |
Published in English | 2018 |
| Media type | Print (paperback) |
| Pages | 314 |
| ISBN | 978-84-204-1896-4 |
| 863/.64 | |
| LC Class | PQ8498.32.A65 C495 2016 |
The Neighborhood (Spanish: Cinco esquinas, lit. 'Five Corners') is a 2016 novel by Mario Vargas Llosa. It was published on 3 March 2016 by Alfaguara in Spain, Latin America, and the United States.[3]
Set in Lima in the 1990s during the presidency of Alberto Fujimori, the editor of the notorious tabloid Exposed, Rolando Garro, is found beaten and stabbed to death and his body left outside a gambling parlor. Enrique Cárdenas and Juan Peineta, both of whom had their reputations destroyed by Exposed, are suspected of killing Garro. Cárdenas was blackmailed by Garro to invest in his tabloid otherwise he would publish nude photos of Cárdenas. Cárdenas refused to meet the demands of Garro and had his reputation damaged when the photos were published. Peineta is a disgraced former television star and, before Garro's death, would send embittered letters to Exposed.
