{"product_id":"villa-coco-andrew-sean-greer","title":"Villa Coco - Andrew Sean Greer","description":"\u003cp\u003e'Absolute joy'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Winman\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'The funniest of writers. . .\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVilla Coco\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis such a sunny book'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKate Atkinson\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e'Sheer, riotous, unmitigated joy'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eKiran Millwood Hargrave\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBroke 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTrained 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?\u003ci\u003eare\u003c\/i\u003e?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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA 'charm novel' for our times,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVilla Coco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a sun-drenched paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment of love - filled with great wisdom and a spirit of unadulterated joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e288 pages \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-description\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"EmmasatOxford","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48600094834842,"sku":null,"price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0013\/9024\/8009\/files\/villa-coco-9781399757294.jpg?v=1782953230","url":"https:\/\/emmasatoxford.com\/products\/villa-coco-andrew-sean-greer","provider":"EmmasatOxford","version":"1.0","type":"link"}