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Greer, Andrew Sean.
Villa Coco
[e-iNC Audiobook].
Books on Tape,
2026.
Format: OverDrive OverDrive Listen, Filesize: 236MB.
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HTML:<b><i>NEW YORK TIMES</i> BESTSELLER <i>•</i> Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of <i>Less,</i> showcases his wit, sophistication, and deep knowledge of focaccia in this tale of a young man who takes an unspecified job with a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills.<br /> <br /> A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF THE YEAR: <i>People</i>, <i>TIME</i>, <i>Esquire</i>, <i>Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, Seattle Times</i><br /> <br /> “No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer. Every sentence in this novel sings.” —David Sedaris, author of <i>Happy-Go-Lucky</i><br /> <br /> “An absolute delight.”—Elif Batuman, author of <i>Either/Or</i><br /> <br /> “Such a <i>sunny</i> book.”—Kate Atkinson, author of <i>Shrines of Gaiety</i></b><br /> An aspiring archivist determined to begin a “serious” life after an undistinguished undergraduate career takes up residence in the Italian countryside. Here, he becomes the all-purpose assistant to the Baronessa, known to her friends as Coco, a defiantly youthful and naturally flamboyant woman of ninety-two. Amid a chaotic and colorful milieu of gin-swilling princesses, incomprehensible handymen, roaming boarhunters, nuns, and other local wildlife, our young man does his best to catalog the villa’s extensive collection of art and antiques—although he notices that things seem to go missing from right under his nose.<br /> Despite himself, he tumbles into an affair with a married man, complicating his future plans considerably. And when the Baronessa loses someone close to her, he becomes an unwitting accomplice in the acceleration of Coco’s great and final plan: to locate the love of her life and be reunited before it’s too late. Told with the signature wit, charm, and humanity that made <i>Less</i> an international phenomenon, <i>Villa Coco</i> is a dazzling, sun-soaked ode to life itself, a meditation on how seriously we ought to take ourselves, and a bawdy Mediterranean ballad about becoming who we’ve always wanted to be.
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Ballerini, Edoardo.
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