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   This novel explores one of the most astonishing stories in the whole history of twentieth century terrorism. Colonel Rejas was the policeman charged with the task of capturing the Peruvian guerrilla leader Ezequiel, but having been dismissed he finds the burden of silence and secrecy too heavy.

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   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.

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   • Publish Year: 1995

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   Jan 1, 1995 · Based on the extraordinary manhunt for the leader of Peru's notorious guerilla organization, The Shining Path, The Dancer Upstairs is a story reminiscent of Graham Greene and John LeCarr -- tense, intricate, and heartbreaking. 288 pages, Paperback.

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5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › The_Dancer_Upstairs_(film)The Dancer Upstairs (film) - Wikipedia

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   In an unnamed Latin American republic, in a remote mountainous region of the country, police sergeant Agustin Rejas, a former lawyer who left a job with a prestigious firm to join the police, is in charge of a little used checkpoint. When a pickup truck is stopped at the checkpoint, Rejas grows suspicious of the truck’s occupants.

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   Dec 9, 2020 · The dancer upstairs. by. Shakespeare, Nicholas, 1957-. Publication date. 2004. Topics. Guerrilla warfare -- Fiction, Guerrilla warfare, Latin America -- Fiction, Latin America. Publisher. Oxford : ISIS.

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   Is the Dancer Upstairs based on a true story?

   • 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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   Is the Dancer Upstairs a good book?

   • "The Dancer Upstairs" is not an easy book to read, but it's an important one as long as terrorism exists. Half the people we meet, we get wrong. These words could describe the theme of Nicholas Shakespeare’s moody, stylish, and atmospheric political thriller, The Dancer Upstairs.

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   Where does Shakespeare's 'The Dancer Upstairs' take place?

   • Set in Latin America during "the recent past," Shakespeare doesn’t specifically name the country in which his novel takes place, although we know it’s Peru and we know The Dancer Upstairs is really a fictionalized account of the pursuit and capture, in September 1992, of Abimael Guzman, leader of Peru’s Shining Path.

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   What happened in the Dancer Upstairs?

   • In The Dancer Upstairs the police officer recounts the time as a child (so mid 1900s) when two villages would go to up the mountains and have a snowball fight until one child fell down a precipice and died. This would happen every year and no-one talked about it.

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   Who is Augustin Rejas in the Dancer Upstairs?

   • The protagonist of The Dancer Upstairs is Augustin Rejas, an ex-lawyer-turned-policeman who is assigned the task of tracking down the elusive and enigmatic Ezequiel Duran, a former professor of philosophy and a man Rejas has met briefly in the past.

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   Jan 1, 1997 · THE DANCER UPSTAIRS. by Nicholas Shakespeare ‧ RELEASE DATE: Jan. 1, 1997. In a sequel of sorts to his award-winning novel The Vision of Elena Silves (1990), Shakespeare again explores an explosive situation in Latin America (inspired by the Shining Path insurrection in Peru), deftly mingling love and suspense in a powerful, persuasive narrative.