Description This is a second-hand, used copy of this book. Please check condition in product details before ordering. Used – Very Good: Shows some small signs of wear – but no tears – on either binding or paper. Used – Good: Average used worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Used – Fair: Worn book that has complete text pages but may have some small defect like slight tears. Will be noticeably worn. Winner of The Women’s 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 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. Customers Also Liked Related products Whistler by Ann Patchett State of Wonder by Ann Patchett The Dutch House by Ann Patchett These Precious Days by Ann Patchett Reviews