Dancing with the Tsars
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{{Infobox book
| name = Dancing with the Tsars
| image = Dancing with the Tsars.jpg
| author = Paul Howard
| illustrator = Alan Clarke
| cover_artist = Alan Clarke
| country =Republic of Ireland
| pages = 368
| language = English
| media_type = Print: paperback
|dewey=823.92
|set_in=Dublin, 2016–17
| series = Ross O'Carroll-Kelly
| published = 13 September 2018, Penguin Books
| preceded_by = Operation Trumpsformation
| isbn = 978-0-241-97833-7
| followed_by = Schmidt Happens
}}
Dancing with the Tsars is a 2018 book by Irish journalist and author Paul Howard and is the eighteenth novel in the Ross O'Carroll-Kelly series.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8RxSDwAAQBAJ&q=%22Dancing+with+the+Tsars%22|title=Dancing with the Tsars|first=Ross|last=O'Carroll-Kelly|date=September 6, 2018|publisher=Penguin Books Limited|isbn=9781844883899|via=Google Books}}
The title refers to the TV series Dancing with the Stars and to the tsars, former rulers of Russia.
Release
Dancing with the Tsars was launched in Kiely's of Donnybrook, an iconic pub that featured in many Ross stories and was about to close down.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/paul-howard-live-interview-kielys-donnybrook-4236802-Sep2018/|title=WATCH: Paul Howard on Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, fame and finding inspiration in Kiely's pub|first=Aoife|last=Barry|website=TheJournal.ie|date=15 September 2018 }}
Plot
Sorcha is pregnant with a baby — possibly not Ross's. Meanwhile, Charles is at war with feminists, Sorcha is a Senator, Fionnuala is making trips to Russia, Ronan deals with sex addiction, while Ross and Honor aim to win the Mount Anville glitter ball.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-reviews/laughter-tears-and-dollop-of-irish-wit-37486506.html|title=Laughter, tears and dollop of Irish wit|website=Independent.ie|date=5 November 2018 }}
Reception
It was shortlisted for the Specsavers Popular Fiction Book of the Year at the Irish Book Awards.{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.ie/entertainment/books/book-news/exceptional-writing-in-2018s-irish-book-awards-shortlists-37462594.html|title=Exceptional writing in 2018's Irish Book Awards shortlists|website=Independent.ie|date=29 October 2018 }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/an-post-irish-book-awards-give-man-booker-winner-stamp-of-approval-1.3675717|title=An Post Irish Book Awards give Man Booker winner stamp of approval|first=Martin|last=Doyle|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
Dancing with the Tsars sold 15,032 copies in Ireland in 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/ireland-s-bestselling-books-of-2018-revealed-1.3737156|title=Ireland's bestselling books of 2018 revealed|first=Martin|last=Doyle|newspaper=The Irish Times}}
References
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{{Ross O'Carroll-Kelly}}