Bel Canto: A Novel. Ann Patchett. New York: HarperCollins, 2001. First edition,

first printing (stated "First Edition"; number line 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1).

Hardcover with dust jacket.

Signed by Ann Patchett on the title page. Flat signature, no inscription.

Condition: Book near fine. Dust jacket near fine with light wear to spine ends

and edges. Interior clean and tight.

Winner of the 2002 Orange Prize for Fiction and the PEN/Faulkner Award.

Patchett's breakthrough novel, inspired by the 1996 Japanese embassy hostage

crisis in Lima, Peru.