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Bel Canto
Ann Patchett
- Harper Collins UK
- Winner of the Women’s Prize for Fiction, Collins Modern Classics
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Publisher | Harper Collins UK |
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ISBN | 9780008610029 |
Publication date | April 2023 |
Edition | Paperback |
Dimensions | 198 x 129 mm |
Pages | 336 |
Language(s) | English ed. |
Exhibition | Collins Modern Classics |
Description
The poignant – and at times very funny – novel from the internationally bestselling author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised 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.
Bel Canto