Villa Coco - Signed Copy

'What, at first, appears to be a gloriously bonkers escapade amidst the Tuscan landscape
gradually transforms into the most beautiful paean to youth, to age and to the fulfilment
of love. Absolute joy' Sarah Winman, author of Still Life
Broke 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
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 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 unnervingly handsome nephews), attending a funeral in
order to make off with the urn, and not inadvertently sabotaging Coco's great and final
plan-to locate the lost love of her life and be reunited before it's too late.
As summer turns into autumn and the Italian countryside begins to work its magic on our
protagonist, 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