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Bel Canto
Ann Patchett. Perennial Pr: 2002 (paperback). ISBN: 0060934417. 336 pages.
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Somewhere in South America, a birthday party is going terribly wrong.
The vice president has welcomed over a hundred people to his home, in order to celebrate the birthday of a
wealthy Japanese businessman who might be convinced to invest in this struggling country. Included among the
guests is the world’s greatest soprano, whose otherworldly voice, it is hoped, may help open the potential
investor’s pockets. Before she can begin her encore, the house is suddenly flooded with a swarm of most unwanted
guests, a desperate group of guerilla terrorists who hope to abduct the President. The President, however, is home
watching his favorite soap opera. Thus begins the story of a most unusual hostage situation, as both we, as readers,
and Patchett’s characters, as terrorists and hostages, find allegiances and boundaries shifting more deeply than
anyone could imagine.
As seen on Ellen on Seven.
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