5/29/2023 0 Comments Bel canto annUltimately, it is the terrorist strike that does more to promote foreign relations than anyone could have hoped to achieve with the party. The tycoon's engaging and sympathetic translator plays a vital role in the subsequent relationships between so many different nationalities closeted together, interpreting not only the terrorists' negotiations but also the language of love between lovers who cannot understand what the other is saying. Among the hostages are a world class opera singer and her biggest fan, a Japanese tycoon who has been persuaded to attend the party on the understanding that she will perform half a dozen arias after dinner. Latin terrorists storm an international gathering hosted by an underprivileged country to promote foreign interest and trade, only to find that their intended target, the President, has stayed home to watch his favourite soap opera on TV. narrator Omniscient, anonymous third-person occasional free indirect discourse. publisher Perennial, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. time and place written 1990s Nashville, Tennessee. BEL CANTO features the intriguing combination of opera and terrorism. genre Romance political thriller fantasy. The poignant - and at times very funny - new novel from the author of THE MAGICIAN'S ASSISTANT, which was shortlisted for the Orange Prize.
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