01824cam a2200325 i 4500 395140034 TxAuBib 20191017120000.0 180808s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780062891907 $16.99 0062891901 $16.99 TxAuBib rda Patchett, Ann. Bel canto : a novel / Ann Patchett. [Movie tie-in paperback edition]. New York : Harper Perennial, [2018] 318, 16 pages ; 21 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier Includes "P.S. insights, interviews & more.". 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 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. 20191017. Women singers Fiction. Victims of terrorism Fiction. Embassy buildings Fiction. Hostages Fiction. Opera Fiction. South America Fiction.