I finally finished a book for one of these challenges. I must say it took me forever because I really didn't feel like connected with this book at all. The basic summary is tat somewhere in South America at the home of this unnamed country;e vice president there is a birthday party for a powerful Japanese businessman. This particular businessman enjoys the singing of a famous opera soprano... who happens to be hired as entertainment at this birthday party. The entire party is taken hostage as some terrorists/ guerrillas take over the house of the vice president hoping to capture the president, who happen to stay home to watch his favorite soap opera. What follows is an unbelievable telling of the relationship forged between the hostages and their captors.
While I must admit, I did want to flip ahead to find out what happen at the end. I was annoyed that I had so many pages to read to get there. I am not sure what I missed when it came to this book because many people have cited the development of characters and the language as elements that they really love about this novel. I am just indifferent.
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