{"product_id":"dancer-by-colum-mccann-9781037204265","title":"Dancer","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRemarkable ... nimble, lyrical and wispy\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn utterly riveting, frequently moving, and staggeringly well-written book\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreathtaking\u003c\/strong\u003e Guardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003chr\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis novel opens on a battlefield: trudging back from the front through a ravaged and icy wasteland, their horses dying around them, their own hunger rendering them almost savage, the Russian soldiers are exhausted as they reach the city of Ufa, desperate for food and shelter.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThey find both, and then music and dance. And there, spinning unafraid among them, dancing for the soldiers and anyone else who'll watch him, is one small pale boy, Rudolf. This is Colum McCann's \u003cem\u003eDancer\u003c\/em\u003e: Rudolf, a prodigy at six years old, who became the greatest dancer of the century, who redefined dance, rewrote his own life, and died of AIDS before anyone knew he had it.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is an extraordinary life transformed into extraordinary fiction by one of the most acclaimed writers of his generation. One kind of masculine grace is perfectly matched to another in Colum McCann's beautiful and daring new novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47288412963052,"sku":"9781037204265","price":24.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/3ef15a221f08e1057e5e2a80fc397c09.jpg?v=1770632358","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/dancer-by-colum-mccann-9781037204265","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}