Patchett, Ann.

Bel canto : a novel Ann Patchett. - 1st Perennial ed. - New York : Perennial, 2002, c2001. - 318 p. ; 21 cm.

It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.

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Women singers--Fiction.
Victims of terrorism--Fiction.
Embassy buildings--Fiction.
Hostages--Fiction.


South America--Fiction.


Psychological fiction.
Love stories.