{"product_id":"villa-coco","title":"Villa Coco by Andrew Sean Greer Author","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDespite 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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eLess\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e an international phenomenon, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eVilla Coco\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHardcover: 1.07\" H x 9.53\" L x 6.33\" W (1.11 lbs) 288 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Ingram Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43028577747015,"sku":"9780385551977","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/9925\/8439\/files\/9780385551977.jpg?v=1785528545","url":"https:\/\/shopthegreenehouse.com\/products\/villa-coco","provider":"The GreeneHouse","version":"1.0","type":"link"}