num_pages: 318
description: This is an alternate cover edition for ISBN 9781841155838, which can be found here.In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. His hosts hope that Mr. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. Alas, in the opening sequence, just as the accompanist kisses the soprano, a ragtag band of 18 terrorists enters the vice-presidential mansion through the air conditioning ducts. Their quarry is the president, who has unfortunately stayed home to watch a favorite soap opera. And thus, from the beginning, things go awry.
language: English
title: Bel Canto
titlecomplete: Bel Canto
characters: Roxane Coss, Katsumi Hosokawa, Gen Watanabe, Carmen Lowell
genres: Book Club, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Novels, Adult Fiction, Music, Literature, Adult, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 275520
places: South America
awards: awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Orange Prize
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Book Sense Book of the Year Award
category: Paperback, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: National Book Critics Circle Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Fourth Estate