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Villa Coco : A Novel.
In 'Villa Coco', a young man takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills - and helps her locate the lost love of her life. From the author of 'Less', winner of the Pulitzer Prize, and it's companion 'Less is Lost'.
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- ISBN: 9780385702867
- Physical Description: 288 pages ; 1 x 15 cm
- Publisher: Canada : Doubleday Canada, 2026.
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| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | Library Bound Incorporated |
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| Subject: | FICTION / Coming of Age FICTION / Humorous / General FICTION / Literary |
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Pulitzer Prize winner Andrew Sean Greer ("A great chronicler of our times." âSan Francisco Chronicle) showcases his wit, sophistication and deep knowledge of focaccia in this magical and madcap tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills.
Heartsore, broke and directionless, our young man (the chosen moniker of Villa Coco's narrator) takes a job in the Italian countryside as the all-purpose assistant (technically, the employment ad asked for "adjutant") to Lisabetta, known to her friends as Coco, a strong-willed, wealthy widow of great local renown. Technically, our young man is an archivist, charged with cataloguing Cocoâs extensive and eclectic collection of art and artifacts, but what are his actual duties? He is charged with ridding the house of a marten, whatever that is, locating the antediluvian septic system, entertaining an endless carousel of guests (from bohemian painters to elderly princesses to handsome nephews), attending a funeral in order to make off with the urn and not inadvertently sabotaging Coco's great and final planâto locate the lost love of her life and be reunited before itâs too late.
Told with the signature wit, insight and deeply felt humanity that made Less an international phenomenon, Villa Coco is a dazzling, sun-soaked ode to life itselfâa romp through a youthfully self-constructed emotional obstacle course, a meditation on what we give and take from others and a bawdy Mediterranean ballad about becoming who youâve always wanted to be.
