Bel Canto  ★ Winner of the PEN/Faulkner Award and The Orange
Prize by Ann Patchett Fiction    • US HarperCollins (2001, 336
pages)   • UK & Comm Fourth Estate Limited    Without the
demands of the world to shape their days, life on the inside
becomes more beautiful than anything they had ever known
before.At once riveting and impassioned, the narrative becomes a
moving exploration of how people communicate when music is the
only common language.   Bel Canto UK cover One approaches the
final pages with a heavy heart for several reasons, not the
least of which being that this fine read has come to an end.
Entertainment Weekly  Patchett's ability to evoke sense of
place. . .is near magical in itself.  Publishers Weekly  [I]n a
fractious world, Bel Canto remains a gentle reminder of the
transcendence of beauty and love.  Amazon Review  Crisply
written, immaculately plotted, and often very funny, it is that
rarity - a literary novel you simply can't put down.  The Times
Alex Clark, the Guardian  Expect miracles