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PerfectBound e-book exclusive: "Friendship and Love," an interview with Ann Patchett.A prolonged hostage crisis in the lavish home of a South American politician turns into something quite different as terrorists and hostages forge unexpected bonds and passionate, ill-fated love blooms. Winner of the 2002 Pen/Faulkner Award for Fiction and the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction.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…

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Editions

33 editions · 4 languages
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Bel Canto [Movie Tie-in]
    Harper Perennial · 352 pages · 9780062891907
  • Paperback · English · 2018
    Fourth Estate · 336 pages · 9780008326135
  • Paperback · English · 2015
    Can Yayinlari · 9789750704598
  • Paperback · English · 2008
    Bel Canto (P.S.)
    Harper Perennial Modern Classics · 352 pages · 9780061565311
  • Paperback · English · 2005
    Bel Canto (P.S.)
    Harper Perennial · 352 pages · 9780060838720
  • Paperback · English · 2002
    Fourth Estate · 336 pages · 9781841155838
New York Times reviewedFiction, psychologicalFiction, romance, generalPsychological fictionEmbassy buildingsPEN/Faulkner Award WinnerOperaVictims of terrorism