PERHAPS A GIFT VOUCHER FOR MUM?: MOTHER'S DAY
Nicholas Shakespeare was born in 1957. The son of a diplomat, much of his youth was spent in the Far East and South America. His books have been translated into twenty-two languages. They include The Vision of Elena Silves (winner of the Somerset Maugham Award), Snowleg, The Dancer Upstairs, Inheritance, Priscilla and Six Minutes in May. He has been longlisted for the Booker Prize twice and is a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Astoundingly good... This dramatic, moving story demands you put your life on hold until it is finished * Guardian * Shakespeare is interested in grand themes: love, vocation, politics and the corrupting power of moral and ideological absolutes... The Dancer Upstairs will be enjoyed by any kind of reader... It is enviably good, a genuinely fine novel from a writer who possesses real heart and flair * Sunday Times * In addition to being a satisfyingly rich tale or romance this is a highly intelligent examination of Peruvian - and South American - reality... Funny and devastating... I was riveted by this superb novel * New Statesman * As cracking a story as any yarn, as informed as any journalism, and delivered with firmness and urgency * The Times * A crackling good yarn...Graham Greene meets Gabriel Garcia Marquez * Evening Standard *
