num_pages: 250
description: Tom Meeker is a handsome rookie priest stranded in a dying rural parish. Vidal Stump is a proud, gay half-breed with a criminal record and unlawful desires. Father Meeker must choose between his sacred vows and his secret attraction to this Fancy Dancer who lures him into forbidden love. First published two decades ago, this provocative, hard-hitting novel was the first bestseller to portray a gay priest and to explore gay life in a small town.
language: English
title: The Fancy Dancer
titlecomplete: The Fancy Dancer
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Gay, Gay Fiction, M M Romance, Queer, Historical Fiction, Romance, LGBT
ratings_count: 450
places: The United States of America
awards: name: Lambda Literary Award
publisher: Wildcat Press