Bel Canto/bel Canto

from dchaikin

Rebels in some place like Peru (?) take everyone in a party, who are listening to an opera singer, hostage. A strange set up, but somehow it works and sets up a potent tone. It could have taken any of a hundred different turns and still been great. As it was, I couldn't keep the end out of my hea...

from mrstreme

Imagine being held hostage for more than four months in a luxurious mansion in a South American country. Negotiations are at a stalemate, and the terrorists holding you are nothing more than a gang of armed teenagers led by three generals. You outnumber your captors, and they are pretty lax with ...

from mrstreme

Imagine being held hostage for more than four months in a luxurious mansion in a South American country. Negotiations are at a stalemate, and the terrorists holding you are nothing more than a gang of armed teenagers led by three generals. You outnumber your captors, and they are pretty lax with ...

from auntmarge64

In a small South American country, a Japanese industrialist is given a lavish birthday party in hopes of luring his company to build a factory there. His gift, and the only reason he has agreed to come: a live performance by the world's most beloved operatic soprano. As the performance ends, a gr...

from Arctic-Stranger

This is one of the most beautiful (and ultimately most horrifying) books I have read in years. You fall in love with the characters, knowing that...well, it CANNOT turn out well, but you get drawn into their fantasies just as much as they are.