Villa Coco 9781399757287 Hardback

The book of the summer The instant bestseller from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author ofLess’If you’re looking for the ultimate dose of escapism, it doesn’t get better thanVilla Coco’COSMOPOLITAN’If you’re stuck at home over the summer, this is the funny and transporting antidote you’re looking for’STYLIST’A gorgeous, sun-soaked novel that feels tailor-made for holiday reading’I NEWSPAPER’I was totally charmed by this joyful novel… it’s full of gossip, warmth and sunshine’GOOD HOUSEKEEPING,seven best books of the summer’Oh joy of joys. If you’re in need of a funny, sunny book – and, God knows, who isn’t? – Andrew Sean Greer is your man… A warm and engaging story of food, friendship and finding the meaning in life… gorgeous’THE SHIFT’I adoredVilla Coco. It’s sweet and sincere; the humour dances rather than burns. You could buy it for anyone and they’d be utterly delighted’PANDORA SYKES’Captures the allure of la dolce vita – Renaissance paintings and books, bottles of Lambrusco wine and gelato – all bathed in a buttery Tuscan light’TIMEBroke and directionless, our young protagonist takes a job in the Italian countryside as the assistant to Lisabetta – better known to her friends as Coco – a strong-willed, wealthy aristocrat of great local renown.Trained as an archivist, he thinks he’s been hired to catalogue the contents of the beautiful, crumbling mansion nestled in the green Tuscan hills. But whatarehis actual duties? Days are spent in a series of increasingly eccentric pursuits: entertaining an endless carousel of guests (from bohemian painters to elderly princesses to unnervingly handsome nephews), attending a funeral in order to make off with the urn, and aiding and abetting Coco’s great and final plan – to reunite with the lost love of her life before it’s too late.As summer turns into autumn and the Italian countryside begins to work its magic, the secrets of Villa Coco and its inhabitants are slowly brought to light – and with them, an unforgettable story of the enduring power of friendship.’A most delightful and unlikely romantic comedy…Villa Cocoisn’t mere ice cream; it’s stracciatella gelato served in one of the most beautiful places on earth’RON CHARLES’No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer’DAVID SEDARIS’Villa Cocois such a sunny book’KATE ATKINSON’Absolute joy’SARAH WINMAN, AUTHOR OFSTILL LIFE’An absolute delight’ELIF BATUMAN, AUTHOR OFTHE IDIOTANDEITHER/ORPraise for Andrew Sean Greer’Bedazzling, bewitching and be-wonderful’New York Times’I recommend it with my whole heart’Ann Patchett’Brilliant’Guardian’Basically perfect’Dolly Alderton’Unforgettable’Independent