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Member Since: 3/12/2007
Bel Canto Review
This is a story about relationships. The novel opens with a birthday party for a rich Japanese businessman who is lured to a South American country on the promise of hearing his favorite soprano opera singer sing for him. The government pays for the singer and the party in order to gain his favor and perhaps build a factory. The party goes off well until a group of terrorists hijack the room and make all the guests hostages. What follows is an interesting story on how relationships formed among groups of people with different backrounds, cultures and classes.

Ann Patchett is a very gifted writer and the book draws you in with very little action. The whole book is set within the walls of the
estate where the party was held and I kept thinking that it would make a good play. Very interesting charecter studies of the translator and the importance of communication.

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