Winner of The Womens Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction.The poignantand at times very funnynovel 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 eveninguntil 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. Format Häftad Omfång 336 sidor Språk Engelska Förlag HarperCollins Publishers Utgivningsdatum 2002-04-30 ISBN 9781841155838