{"product_id":"the-tap-dancer-paperback","title":"The Tap Dancer - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAndrew Barrow\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e'My favourite novel and one I wish I'd written.' ALAN BENNETT\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eWinner of the McKitterick Prize for best first novel by an author aged over 40, and the Hawthornden Prize for imaginative literature.\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEveryone craves retirement from the Civil Service, don't they? That time for an ageing patriarch to enjoy the fruits of a well-earned pension and the respect of his family; maybe even to indulge in a love of music halls and metropolitan life. If only people would listen and do as they were told...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis fourth son William, the long-suffering narrator, is the constant butt of his father's jokes and victim of his brothers' indifference. But as death, divorce and other darker dramas follow, father and son slowly establish a strange harmony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAndrew Barrow (b.1945) is a writer and journalist, a regularly contributor to the pages of the \u003cem\u003eIndependent\u003c\/em\u003e, the \u003cem\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eSpectator\u003c\/em\u003e. He is the author of two novels, \u003cem\u003eThe Tap Dancer\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Man in the Moon\u003c\/em\u003e, and the double biography, \u003cem\u003eQuentin and Philip\u003c\/em\u003e, published by Picador. He lives in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42155303796871,"sku":"9780008619176","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/1b57580e21f1246a95862016df15be4d.webp?v=1733234933","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/the-tap-dancer-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}