{"product_id":"9781841155838","title":"Bel Canto","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Patchett, Ann\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished on 30 April 2002 by HarperCollins Publishers (Fourth Estate Ltd) in the United Kingdom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback | 336 pages\u003cbr\u003e144 x 197 x 21 | 230g\u003cp\u003eWinner of The Women's Prize for Fiction and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The poignant - and at times very funny - novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is a perfect evening - until a band of gun-wielding 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patchett, Ann","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42465857994936,"sku":"9781841155838","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0509\/1953\/8872\/files\/9781841155838.jpg?v=1734724566","url":"https:\/\/octoberbooks.org\/products\/9781841155838","provider":"October Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}