| The Dancer Upstairs | |
| Author: | Nicholas Shakespeare |
| Language: | English |
| Genre: | Novel |
| Publisher: | The Harvill Press |
| Release Date: | 1995 |
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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. In 2002 it was given a film adaptation under the same title.[1]