@article{320535,
      recid = {320535},
      author = {Patchett, Ann.},
      title = {Bel canto : a novel /},
      publisher = {HarperCollins,},
      address = {New York :},
      pages = {318 p. ;},
      year = {2001},
      abstract = {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.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/320535},
}