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Jan 1, 2003 · The Dancer and the Thief. Antonio Skármeta, Katherine Silver (Translator) 3.37. 923 ratings117 reviews. A story of politics, ballet, and a spectacular heist by a reluctant master thief and his eager young protégé.
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The dancer and the thief : a novel. by. Skármeta, Antonio; Silver, Katherine. Publication date. 2008. Topics. Thieves. Publisher. New York : W. W. Norton.
Feb 17, 2008 · With prisons overflowing in Chile, the president declares a general amnesty for all nonviolent criminals. Ángel Santiago, a youth determined to avenge abuse he received in jail, seeks out the notorious bank robber Nicolás Vergara Grey, whose front-page exploits won him a reputation he would rather leave behind.
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- Antonio Skármeta
The Dancer and the Thief, which won Spain’s prestigious Planeta Prize, is a remarkable new novel from one of South America’s finest storytellers. Read more. Print length. 320 pages. Language. English. Publisher. WW Norton. Publication date.
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Feb 2, 2009 · This "powerful, humane," prize-winning novel of politics, ballet, and a spectacular heist by a reluctant master thief and his eager young protégé, "conjures...a contemporary Santiago, Chile, where the memory of Pinochet's reign and the 'disappearing' of citizens still looms" (Publishers Weekly).
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- Antonio Skármeta
A story of politics, ballet, and a spectacular heist by a reluctant master thief and his eager young protégé.
The Dancer and the Thief, which won Spain's prestigious Planeta Prize, is a remarkable new novel from one of South America's finest storytellers.
