Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer

Step in out of the salt air and let us press this one into your hands. From Andrew Sean Greer, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, comes a sun-soaked novel brimming with wit, warmth, and a surprising amount of focaccia.

Meet our hero: an aspiring archivist, fresh off an undistinguished undergraduate career, determined to finally begin a “serious” life. Instead, he finds himself tucked away in the Tuscan hills, working as the all-purpose assistant to a Baronessa known to her friends as Coco. She’s ninety-two, defiantly youthful, and gloriously flamboyant.

What follows is a chaotic, colorful whirl of gin-swilling princesses, incomprehensible handymen, roaming boar hunters, and wandering nuns. There’s an affair with a married man. Antiques that keep mysteriously vanishing. And, at the heart of it all, Coco’s great and final plan: to find the love of her life and be reunited before it’s too late.

A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR according to People, TIME, Esquire, Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, and the Seattle Times.

The praise says it best:

• “No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer. Every sentence in this novel sings.” —David Sedaris
• “An absolute delight.” —Elif Batuman
• “Such a sunny book.” —Kate Atkinson

Told with the signature charm and humanity that made Less an international phenomenon, this is a bawdy Mediterranean ballad about becoming who we’ve always wanted to be. Perfect for a rainy afternoon by the cove, or a daydream of somewhere warmer.

Come linger over a copy. We think you’ll love it.

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