{"product_id":"9781841155838","title":"Bel Canto","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Patchett, Ann \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 30\/04\/2002,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 336 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9781841155838,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWinner of The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN\/Faulkner Award for Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The poignant – and at times very funny – novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honour of the powerful businessman Mr. Hosokawa. Roxane Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e It is a perfect evening – until a band of gun-wielding 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":39544250204204,"sku":"9781841155838","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9781841155838.jpg?v=1759666500","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9781841155838","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}