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Bel canto : a novel / Ann Patchett.

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Shelf Location	Collection	Volume Ref.	Branch	Status	Due Date
F PATC	Adult Fiction		Double Bay	. On Loan .	11 May 2024
F PATC	Adult Fiction		Paddington	. Available .

Catalogue Information
Field name	Details
Record Number	712048
ISBN	1841155837 (paperback)
	9781841155838 (paperback)
	9780008610029 (paperback)
Author	Patchett, Ann author.
Title	Bel canto : a novel / Ann Patchett.
Edition	Export edition.
Publisher/Date	London : Fourth Estate, 2002.
Publisher/Date	copyright2001.
Pagination etc.	318 pages ; 20 cm.
Contents note	Originally published: London : Fourth Estate, 2001.
Summary Note	Latin terrorists storm an international gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade, only to find that their intended target, the President, has stayed home to watch his favourite soap opera on TV. Among the hostages are a world-class opera singer and her biggest fan, a Japanese tycoon who has been persuaded to attend the party on the understanding that she will perform half a dozen arias after dinner. The tycoon's engaging and sympathetic translator plays a vital role in the subsequent relationships between so many different nationalities closeted together, interpreting not only the terrorists' negotiations but also the language of love between lovers who cannot understand what the other is saying.
Subject	Literary prizes -- Great Britain
	Hostages -- Fiction
	Hostage negotiations -- Fiction
	Victims of terrorism -- Fiction
	Women singers -- Fiction
	South America -- Fiction
	Suspense fiction.
Shelf Location	F PATC

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