Bel canto : a novel
Record details
- Physical Description: remote
- Publisher: New York : PerfectBound, 2001.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Title from eBook information screen. Special feature: exclusive interview with Ann Patchett. |
Summary, etc.: | In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. Alas, in the opening sequence, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the air conditioning ducts. Their quarry is the president, who has unfortunately stayed home to watch a favorite soap opera. And thus, from the beginning, things go awry. |
System Details Note: | Requires Adobe Digital Editions (file size: 999 KB) or Mobipocket Reader (file size: 454 KB). |
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Subject: | Opera Fiction Hostages Fiction South America Fiction Embassy buildings Fiction Victims of terrorism Fiction Women singers Fiction |
Genre: | Psychological fiction. Love stories. Electronic books. |