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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. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding 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.
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Bel canto: A novel, Ann Patchett
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- Released
- 2005
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- Title
- Bel canto: A novel
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Ann Patchett
- Publisher
- Harper Perennial
- Released
- 2005
- Format
- Paperback
- ISBN10
- 0060838728
- ISBN13
- 9780060838720
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Art & Culture, Historical Themes, Self-Help, Love, Politics, Music Theme, Contemporary Fiction, Relationships, American Literature, Gifts for grandpa, Kidnappings, Interpersonal relationships, Terrorism, South America, Classical Music, Chaos, Singers, Music and singing, Singing, Awards, Hostages, Opera Singers, Stockholm Syndrome, Soprano
- First published
- 2001
- Original title
- Bel Canto
- Rating
- 3.85 out of 5
- Description
- 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. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding 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.