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Review title: Unlikely Love Story
Product review: Don't be put off by the unlikely subject of this moving and beautifully written novel. Even the author, who I met and heard speak in May 2002, has trouble describing her unusual set-up. It's about opera (of which she knew nothing when she started writing the book) and hostages, a most unusual combination. Yet Anne Patchett controls the story like a well-rehersed symphony. And yes, as the action unfolds it becomes less a political treatise and more of a love story.The characters are extremely well-drawn, from the ineffectual Vice-President to the selfless priest to the twitchy terrorists, mostly ordinary men and clueless teenagers who find themselves stuck in a no-win situation. Unlikely relationships form and love blooms in spite of impossible barriers of language and nationality.And if the ending seems a bit tacked on, know that the author assued me that true love reigns. And she should know!
