Bel Canto

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• 'Bel Canto' by Ann Patchett

  I liked the premise of the story and the way it avoided turning a hostage situation into an all-action drama, but it needed more than just good characterisation (of which there is plenty) to sustain me for all of its 318 pages. Opera buffs may disagr ... (read full critics)

  readingmatters published on Mon, 27 Sep 2010

• Danger arias

  Bel Canto Ann Patchett 318pp, Fourth Estate, £10 Transfixed by the hijack of the Japanese embassy in Lima five years ago, Ann Patchett decided that it lacked one thing - an opera singer. In this ensuing rendition of life under siege, she corrects the ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  This one fell flat for me. I was expecting a great story and kept waiting for it to get better. It was about a very diverse group of people being taken hostage by terrorists and how they related to each other in that situation. It just wasn't my kind of book.

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• Deutsche Bücher
• Others 376 Pages
• ISBN-10: 3492261841
• ISBN-13: 9783492261845
• Publisher: Piper
• Pub date: Jul 01, 2006
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