Dancer.
* Colum McCann Colum McCann (born 1965) is an Irish-born writer of literary fiction, whose novels include This Side of Brightness, Dancer, and Zoli. McCann teaches creative writing at Hunter College, part of the City University of New York. * Metropolitan * $26
A dominant icon of the swinging '60s and one of the most captivating cap·ti·vate
tr.v. cap·ti·vat·ed, cap·ti·vat·ing, cap·ti·vates
1. To attract and hold by charm, beauty, or excellence. See Synonyms at charm.
2. Archaic To capture. dancers in ballet history, Rudolf Nureyev Noun 1. Rudolf Nureyev - Russian dancer who was often the partner of Dame Margot Fonteyn and who defected to the United States in 1961 (born in 1938)
Nureyev was also a sexually insatiable--if publicly closeted--gay man. Acclaimed Irish novelist McCann reimagines Nureyev's turbulent life through a patchwork of characters who knew him, biblically and otherwise.
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