{"product_id":"villa-coco-a-novel","title":"Villa Coco: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003ePulitzer Prize Winner Andrew Sean Greer (A Great Chronicler Of Our Times. San Francisco Chronicle) Showcases His Wit, Sophistication And Deep Knowledge Of Focaccia In This Magical And Madcap Tale Of A Young Man Who Takes An Unspecified Job With A Charismatic Elderly Baronessa At Her Crumbling Villa In The Tuscan Hillsbroke And Directionless, Our Young Man (The Chosen Moniker Of Villa CocoS Narrator) Takes A Job In The Italian Countryside As The AllPurpose Assistant (Technically, The Employment Ad Asked For Adjutant) To Lisabetta, Known To Her Friends As Coco, A StrongWilled, Wealthy Widow Of Great Local Renown. Technically, Our Young Man Is An Archivist, Charged With Cataloguing CocoS Extensive And Eclectic Collection Of Art And Artifacts, But What Are His Actual Duties? He Is Charged With 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 Handsome Nephews), Attending A Funeral In Order To Make Off With The Urn, And Not Inadvertently Sabotaging CocoS Great And Final PlanTo Locate The Lost Love Of Her Life And Be Reunited Before ItS Too Late.Told With The Signature Wit, Insight, And Deeply Felt Humanity That Made Less An International Phenomenon, Villa Coco Is A Dazzling, SunSoaked Ode To Life ItselfA Romp Through A Youthfully SelfConstructed Emotional Obstacle Course, A Meditation On What We Give And Take From Others, And A Bawdy Mediterranean Ballad About Becoming Who YouVe Always Wanted To Be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Books For Young Readers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47957123367157,"sku":"DADAXB0FQJ2LWD4","price":40.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/5804\/8501\/files\/91xG_2VbZuL.jpg?v=1775549629","url":"https:\/\/ergodebooks.com\/products\/villa-coco-a-novel","provider":"Ergodebooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}