false 76961730 1113562 5826 0060838728 9780060838720 3310 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1165551537m/5826.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5826.Bel_Canto 3.84 24027 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 gunwielding 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.

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