During Alberto Fujimori’s turbulent presidency in 1990s Lima, two wealthy couples find themselves embroiled in a disturbing vortex of political sabotage and erotic betrayals. When a high-profile businessman in blackmailed by a notorious magazine editor, he is plunged into a salacious expose that threatens to ruin his life. While fielding the explosive scandal, the businessman’s wife suddenly begins a passionate, secret affair with the wife of his lawyer and best friend. When the editor is found murdered, the two couples descend into the murkiest depths of Peruvian society– while the magazine’s staff embarks on its greatest revelation yet. Ironical and sensual, provocative and unpredictable, The Neighborhoodis a scathing indictment of Fujimori’s regime that evokes the vulgarity of freedom in a corrupt system– and ranks with Mario Vargas Llosa’s finest work.