Bel Canto by Ann Patchett (2002) VERY GOOD

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Paperback in Very Good (VG) condition. 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 busin essman 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, intimate friends, and lovers. Show more