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02328cam a2200457Ka 4500 001 AB316AAE40C011DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 080723s2008 nyu 000 1 eng 020 $a 0061565318 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780061565311 (pbk.) 035 $a (OCoLC)235420499 040 $a AMP $c AMP $d SILO $d MNY $d NXA $d YDXCP $d IOS $d SILO 050 4 $a PS 082 04 $a 813.54 $2 22 100 1 $a Patchett, Ann. 245 1 $a Bel canto : $b a novel / $c Ann Patchett. 250 $a 1st Harper Perennial Modern Classics deluxe ed. 260 $a New York : $b Harper Perennial Modern Classics, $c c2008. 300 $a 313, 18 p. ; $c 21 cm. 440 0 $a Harper Perennial modern classics 520 $a Somewhere in South America, at the home of the country's vice president, a lavish birthday party is being held in honor of Mr. Hosokawa, a powerful Japanese businessman. Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano, has mesmerized the international guests with her singing. It is a perfect evening -- until a band of gun-wielding terrorists breaks in through the air-conditioning vents and takes the entire party hostage. But what begins as a panicked, life-threatening scenario slowly evolves into something quite different, as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and people from different countries and continents become compatriots.Friendship, compassion, and the chance for great love lead the characters to forget the real danger that has been set in motion and cannot be stopped.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a Women singers $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Victims of terrorism $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Embassy buildings $v Fiction. 651 0 $a South America $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Hostages $v Fiction. 650 0 $a Opera $v Fiction. 655 7 $a Psychological fiction. $2 lcsh 655 7 $a Love stories. $2 gsafd 941 $a 8 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417015838.0 952 $l PQAX094 $d 20231214025207.0 952 $l HMPB845 $d 20230519011448.0 952 $l GCPC771 $d 20230125011939.0 952 $l GEPG771 $d 20210722064957.0 952 $l VCPD034 $d 20150901011741.0 952 $l EKPC715 $d 20140325110947.0 952 $l MCPB423 $d 20120504151258.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=AB316AAE40C011DF814D4D3DA8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOSInitiate Another SILO Locator Search