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Rent Bel Canto
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Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD, Paperback
Publisher: Harpercollins
Published: Apr 2002
Genre: Fiction - Psychological
Retail Price: $13.95
Pages: 318
Synopsis
[A] novel that begins with a kiss and absolutely deserves one....[An] elegantly alluring book....One of the delightful things about the way BEL CANTO unfolds is the way Ann Patchett uses the ordeal of entrapment to locate unexpected resources in her characters....
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