In January 2011, Leila Guerriero travelled to a small town in the interior of Argentina to tell the story of a dance competition: the Laborde National Malambo Festival. The malambo is a traditional dance of the Argentinian gauchos and the festival ends with the crowning of a champion. In order to maintain the prestige of the contest, the champions have made a pact to never again enter the competition after winning. On the second night of the festival, Guerriero saw a stunning dancer, Rodolfo González Alcántara, and decided to tell his story. The result is this chronicle, brimming with suspense and packed with charming characters, in which González Alcántara takes on the dimensions of a tragic gladiator. This book recounts the most difficult of epics: the epic of the common man.