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Language English Media type Print | 3.9/5 Goodreads Publication date 1995 Originally published 1995 Genre Novel | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Adaptations The Dancer Upstairs (2002) Similar The Vision of Elena Silves, Snowleg, Stories from Other Places, Secrets of the Sea, Priscilla: The Hidden Li | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Dancer Upstairs is a 1995 novel by Nicholas Shakespeare. It is based on the Maoist insurgency of the 1980s in Peru, and tells the story of Agustin Rejas, a police Lieutenant (later promoted to Captain), hunting a terrorist based on Abimael Guzmán, leader of the Shining Path. In 2002 it was given a film adaptation under the same title.
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