{"product_id":"andrew-sean-greer-villa-coco-signed","title":"Villa Coco - Signed Copy","description":"\u003cp\u003e'What, at first, appears to be a gloriously bonkers escapade amidst the Tuscan landscape\u003cbr\u003egradually transforms into the most beautiful paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment\u003cbr\u003eof love. Absolute joy' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life\u003cbr\u003eBroke and directionless, our young man takes a job in the Italian countryside as the allpurpose assistant to Lisabetta, known to her friends as Coco - a strong-willed, wealthy\u003cbr\u003earistocrat of great local renown.\u003cbr\u003eTrained as an archivist, he thinks he's been hired to catalogue the contents of the\u003cbr\u003ebeautiful, crumbling mansion nestled in the green Tuscan hills... but what are his actual\u003cbr\u003eduties? Days are spent ridding the house of a marten - whatever that is - locating the\u003cbr\u003eantediluvian septic system, entertaining an endless carousel of guests (from bohemian\u003cbr\u003epainters to elderly princesses to unnervingly handsome nephews), attending a funeral in\u003cbr\u003eorder to make off with the urn, and not inadvertently sabotaging Coco's great and final\u003cbr\u003eplan-to locate the lost love of her life and be reunited before it's too late.\u003cbr\u003eAs summer turns into autumn and the Italian countryside begins to work its magic on our\u003cbr\u003eprotagonist, the secrets of Villa Coco and its inhabitants are slowly brought to light - and\u003cbr\u003ewith them, an unforgettable story of the enduring power of friendship\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Archway Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56548139139458,"sku":null,"price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/villa-coco-andrew-sean-greer-archway-bookshop.jpg?v=1776952661","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/andrew-sean-greer-villa-coco-signed","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}