{"product_id":"dancer-9781250051790","title":"Dancer","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTaking his inspiration from biographical facts, novelist Colum McCann tells the erotically charged story of the Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev through the cast of those who knew him\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e There is Anna Vasileva, Rudi's first ballet teacher, who rescues her prot g  from the stunted life of his provincial town; Yulia, whose sexual and artistic ambitions are thwarted by her Soviet-sanctioned marriage; and Victor, the Venezuelan street hustler, who reveals the lurid underside of the gay celebrity set. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Spanning four decades and many worlds, from the horrors of the Second World War to the wild abandon of New York in the eighties, \u003ci\u003eDancer \u003c\/i\u003eis peopled by a large cast of characters, obscure and famous: doormen and shoemakers, nurses and translators, Margot Fonteyn, Eric Bruhn and John Lennon. And at the heart of the spectacle stands the artist himself, willful, lustful, and driven by a never-to-be-met need for perfection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eColum McCann\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of books including \u003ci\u003eThis Side of Brightness\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eZoli\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSongdogs\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLet the Great World Spin\u003c\/i\u003e. He has received the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award, a Pushcart Prize, and was named the first winner of the Grace Kelly Memorial Foundation Award and the Princess Grace Memorial Literary Award. He lives in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Metropolitan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50903574479122,"sku":"9781250051790","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_29655c5d-3a21-4dd7-b694-74009464896e.jpg?v=1744278435","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dancer-9781250051790","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}