Villa Coco (Signed Preorder released after Event 24th June 2026)

Signed – for details of our Event with Pulitzer Prizer Winner Andrew Sean Greer 24th June 2026click here

One of the most anticipated books of 2026 for The Times, BBC Culture, People, Time, Oprah Daily, Seattle Times

‘No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer. Every sentence in this novel sings’ DAVID SEDARIS

‘Greer is not only the funniest of writers, but he has a wonderful way with conjuring an image… Villa Coco is such a sunny book’ KATE ATKINSON

‘The most beautiful paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love. Absolute joy’ SARAH WINMAN, 

‘Eccentric, funny, touching: I adored it’ NINA STIBBE

As Greer says “There used to be a kind of novel where you wanted to remain in its pages forever; a world in which even the worst of circumstances could provide a funny story and a sense of hope. A book to reread yearly as a balm to the soul. …But I couldn’t find any modern ones. So I decided to write one.”

A coming-of-age novel, a love story and a tale of life-enhancing friendship. 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. 

‘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