![]() ![]() 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.īel Canto begins as world famous opera singer Roxanne Coss is performing for a group of high powered businessmen and politicians, in honour of Mr Hosokawa, a Japanese business man and opera enthusiast. It is a perfect evening – until a band of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. ![]() Roxane Coss, opera’s most revered soprano, has mesmerised the international guests with her singing. 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. Bel Canto has won many awards including The Women’s Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction. We always make suggestions and then vote and Bel Canto was chosen (which was great as it was on my TBR). The Shoreham by Sea book club are following the Chichester Libraries Reading Challenge this year and the choice for November was a prize winning book. ![]()
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