An international gathering of important businessmen and politicians and-importantly-a famous opera star is attacked by a group of terrorists. When the plan is thwarted, the terrorists realize that there was no plan B, and nobody quite knows what to do next. As the hostage situation drags on from hours into days and weeks into months, this assortment of people without a common language, background, or goal develops an intimate culture of their own, all but forgetting that an outside world exists.
This was a beautifully written, fascinating story that used very little dialogue (as the characters could barely interact with each other), but somehow didn't need it. It's a story of relationships and personalities, and the way that one's true self can be revealed in the absence of the structure of the civil world. It's not a suspenseful story, and for much of the book it is easy to forget it is a hostage situation at all. A poignant read.
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