TY - BOOK AU - Patchett,Ann TI - Bel canto: a novel SN - 0060934417 PY - 2002///, c2001 CY - New York PB - Perennial KW - Women singers KW - Fiction KW - Victims of terrorism KW - Embassy buildings KW - Hostages KW - South America KW - Psychological fiction KW - Love stories KW - gsafd N2 - 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 ER -