Book guide
Bel Canto
At a lavish birthday party turned hostage crisis, terrorists and captives form unexpected bonds that blur the lines between fear, friendship, and love.
As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.
About Bel Canto
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 band 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.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Dark
- Pacing
- Balanced
Content warnings
- hostage situation
- terrorism
- guns
- threat of violence
- kidnapping
- confinement
- gun violence
- death
- murder
- injury detail
- child death
- sexual harassment
- stereotypes about Indigenous peoples
