Los Cuadernos de Don Rigoberto

Set in Lima, the novel tells of a love triangle whose participants may be the fictional creations of Don Rigoberto: Rigoberto himself, by day a gray insurance executive, by night a pornographer and sexual enthusiast; his second wife, Lucrecia; and his young son, Alfonso. Husband and wife are estranged because of a sexual encounter between Lucrecia and the boy. Missing Lucrecia terribly, Rigoberto fills his notebooks with memories, fantasies, and unsent letters.