BEL CANTO by Ann Patchett
Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gunwielding 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.
This is an award-winning book however it created mixed results in our group – either our readers loved it or thought it was only OK. The plot was interesting, but the story starts slow and jumps forward. There are a lot of characters involved. We enjoyed the human interactions between the hostages and the hostage takers. Story had a surprise ending which some of us did not like. There was good discussion on this book, but not sure if we would recommend it (unless the reader is a big opera fan).
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