Ann Patchett
Bel Canto
Fourth Estate 2002 Paperback, 336pp. Kidnappers storm an international gathering hosted by a poor Latin American country to promote foreign trade. Unfortunately their intended target, the President, has stayed at home to watch his favourite soap opera. The takeover settles into a siege, bringing together an unlikely assortment of hostages, including a beautiful American opera diva, a Japanese CEO who is her biggest fan, and his unassuming translator, Gen. Two couples, complete opposites, fall in love, and a horrific imprisonment is transformed into an unexpected heaven on earth. Light fading on cover, pages beginning to tan. (ISBN: 9781841155838). Good.

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