Bel Canto

By Ann Patchett

Categories: Literature & Fiction

When terrorists seize hostages at an embassy party, an unlikely assortment of people is thrown together, including American opera star Roxanne Coss, and Mr. Hosokawa, a Japanese CEO and her biggest fan.

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• Melinda French Gates: “I’ve always been amazed by Bel Canto. Ann (whom I’m now lucky to call a friend) somehow produced 100 of the most dramatic pages in modern literature with half her characters lying silently on the floor.”