Bel Canto
Author:
Ann Patchett
Publisher:
Harper Perennial
ISBN:
9780060838720
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Paperback
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Publishing Date:
2021
Number of Pages:
318
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Language:
English
Condition:
New
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening—until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, a moment of great beauty, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different continents become compatriots, intimate friends, and lovers.