Bel Canto

Winner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.

The poignant – and at times very funny – novel from the 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.

Title - Bel Canto

Edition -

Author - Ann Patchett

ISBN 13 - 9781841155838

Imprint - Fourth Estate Ltd

Publisher - HarperCollins Publishers

Date Published - 30/04/2002

Prize -

No. of pages -

Binding Type - Paperback

Dimensions - 129 x 198 x 21mm

Weight - 250 g

Languages - English