Bel Canto
, by Patchett, AnnNote: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780060838720 | 0060838728
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 7/12/2010
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.