One of her fellow musicians is a diabetic, but despite being a sick person and therefore, allowed to leave, the man decides to stay to protect Coss. The exception is Coss, who is forced to stay. Messner enters into negotiations, convincing the terrorists to release the women, along with anyone who is sick and anyone who is not a prominent dignitary or mogul. On the following day, the terrorists come to terms with Joachim Messner from the Red Cross who has been sent to defuse the situation.
Unwilling to back down now, the terrorists remain at the party, causing a standoff and major hostage situation. The terrorists, unable to speak to the president, have, nevertheless, already committed to their plot by breaking the law and disrupting the party. The president, however, is at home watching his favorite soap opera program on television. Instead, he just wants to see a performance from Coss, one of his favorite opera singers.Ĭoss performs a set, but after her final song, the party is interrupted by a group of armed terrorists who demand to speak with the president. Hosowaka, however, has no intention of building such a factory. The country's dignitaries have a reason for throwing the party: they want Hosowaka's large electronics company to build a factory in their country. At the beginning of the novel, Coss arrives in the small country to perform at a birthday party for Hosowaka. Coss is an opera singer invited to perform at the party. Hosowaka, a prominent Japanese business mogul and opera fan, is being honored at a birthday party thrown by Peruvian dignitaries and diplomats.
The book features an ensemble of characters the two principal figures are Katsumi Hosowaka and Roxane Coss. The title of American author Ann Patchett’s award-winning novel, Bel Canto (2001) is based on an opera term which means "beautiful singing." The novel takes place during an event modeled on the Lima Crisis, a real-life 1996 hostage situation at the Peruvian home of an ambassador to Japan.
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