Mao’s Last Dancer

Mao's Last Dancer

Li Cunxin

Penguin $37.00

This fascinating biography now comes with three extra chapters describing what has happened to Li since his book was first published and became a bestseller to how he was involved in making the movie of his book. It's a good movie, closely following the book with great dancing but the book is even better and an amazing story of a young boy taken from his primitive village and trained to become a remarkable ballet dancer.