Villa Coco: The instant Sunday Times and New York Times bestseller - 'an enchantment threaded through with hope' GUARDIAN
Andrew Sean Greer
Jun 2026 · Sceptre · Narrated by Edoardo Ballerini
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'Absolute joy' Sarah Winman
'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson
'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris
'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe
'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Broke 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 what are his 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 'charm novel' for our times, Villa Coco is a sun-drenched paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love - filled with great wisdom and a spirit of unadulterated joy.
'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson
'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris
'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe
'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Broke 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 what are his 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 'charm novel' for our times, Villa Coco is a sun-drenched paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love - filled with great wisdom and a spirit of unadulterated joy.
'Absolute joy' Sarah Winman
'The funniest of writers. . . Villa Coco is such a sunny book' Kate Atkinson
'Every sentence in this novel sings' David Sedaris
'Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it' Nina Stibbe
'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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Theresa Leila Atkins
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August 29, 2026
I could not get into this book at all. Just did not like it.
About the author
Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of eight works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less and Less is Lost. He lives in San Francisco and Venice, Italy.
Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of eight works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less and Less is Lost. He lives in San Francisco and Venice, Italy.
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