Bel Canto by Ann Patchett Paperback Book

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Rent Bel Canto

Author: Ann Patchett

Format: Quality Paperback, Unabridged-CD

Publisher: Harper Perennial Modern Classics

Published: Apr 2002

Genre: Fiction - General

Retail Price: $18.99

Pages: 352

Synopsis

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. Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion . . . and cannot be stopped.

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