BEL CANTO

Winner of The Womens Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. The poignant and at times very funny novel from the author of The Dutch House and Commonwealth. 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. It is a perfect evening until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. ...[Read more]