{"product_id":"the-dancer-upstairs-isbn-9780385721073","title":"The Dancer Upstairs","description":"The Peruvian guerilla leader Ezequiel is responsible for tens of thousands of fiendishly cruel murders, yet he consistently eludes capture.  But in Agustn Rejas he has an indefatigable pursuer.  From secluded city streets to the paths of a mountain village the policeman persists, tracking and anticipating Ezequiel's every move.  Rejas' only reprieve is his love for his daughter's beautiful dance teacher--until he begins to pick up unmistakable signals that her circles--and Ezequiel's--intersect.\u003cbr\u003eBased on the extraordinary manhunt for the leader of Peru's notorious guerilla organization, The Shining Path, \u003cb\u003eThe Dancer Upstairs\u003c\/b\u003e is a story reminiscent of Graham Greene and John LeCarr\u003ci\u003e--\u003c\/i\u003etense, intricate, and heartbreaking.“Riveting...an intriguing, well-crafted and powerful novel.”–\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“A beautifully crafted tale of love, obsession, and terror.”–\u003ci\u003eThe Baltimore Sun  \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Enviably good, a genuinely fine novel from a writer who possesses real heart and flair.”–Louis de Bernieres, \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times \u003c\/i\u003e(London)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An intriguing, well-crafted and powerful novel.” --\u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I cannot think of any other contemporary foreign writer who has ventured with such curiosity and such sure instincts into the labyrinth of the politics of my country and acquitted himself so well.\" --Mario Vargas LlosaNicholas Shakespeare is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Vision of Elena\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eSilves\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Somerset Maugham Award, \u003ci\u003eThe High Flyer\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eBruce Chatwin,\u003c\/i\u003e a biography. He lives in London.author of Bruce Chatwin: A Biography","brand":"Anchor","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303894274277,"sku":"NP9780385721073","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780385721073.jpg?v=1767738913","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-dancer-upstairs-isbn-9780385721073","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}