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Bel canto : a novel / Ann Patchett.
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 eveninguntil 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.
Record details
- ISBN: 0060934417
- Physical Description: 318 pages ; 21 cm.
- Edition: First Perennial edition.
- Publisher: New York : Perennial, 2002.
- Copyright: ©2001.
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| Subject: | Women singers > Fiction. Victims of terrorism > Fiction. Embassy buildings > Fiction. Hostages > Fiction. Opera > Fiction. South America > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Psychological fiction. Romance fiction. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Circulation Modifier | Status | Due Date | Courses |
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Summary:
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 eveninguntil 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.
