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  • A passion for opera runs throughout the book.

    

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• ― Missmath144 said on Jun 13, 2008 about the Paperback edition| Add your feedback

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  • I loved this book. Patchett is one of the most incredible writers I have come across in awhile! Only she could make a story about an opera singer and a bunch of businessmen and diplomats being held hostage for MONTHS into a captivating story.

    

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Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. 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.Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.

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