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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 ban of gun-wielding terrorists takes the entire party hostage. 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.
ISBN: 9781841155838
Pages: 318
Paperback
4th Estate, 2002
Good condition; ownership inscription inside; pages tanned
B69.2