![]() Her voice is suitably lyrical, melodic, full of warmth and compassion. With the omniscience of magic realism, Ann Patchett flits in and out of the hearts and psyches of hostage and terrorist alike, and in doing so reveals a profound, shared humanity. He comes and goes, wrangling over terms and demands, and the days stretch into weeks, the weeks into months. ![]() ![]() Meanwhile, a Swiss Red Cross negotiator named Joachim Messner is roped into service while vacationing. Reuben Iglesias, the diminutive and gracious vice president, quickly gets sideways of the kidnappers, who have no interest in him whatsoever. And thus, from the beginning, things go awry.Īmong the hostages are not only Hosokawa and Roxane Coss, the American soprano, but an assortment of Russian, Italian, and French diplomatic types. Their quarry is the president, who has unfortunately stayed home to watch a favorite soap opera. ![]() 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. Hosokawa can be persuaded to build a factory in their Third World backwater. In an unnamed South American country, a world-renowned soprano sings at a birthday party in honor of a visiting Japanese industrial titan. ![]() An alternate cover for this isbn can be found here. ![]()
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