Andrew Sean Greer with Milo Todd

Andrew Sean Greer, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less, is joining us to celebrate the release of his new novel, Villa Coco, one of the most hotly anticipated books of the year according to People, TIME, Esquire, Oprah Daily, Lit Hub, and the Seattle Times! Greer will be joined in conversation by national bestselling author Milo Todd (The Lilac People).

Greer 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. According to David Sedaris, “No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer. Every sentence in this novel sings.” Elif Batuman calls Villa Coco, “An absolute delight.” You won't want to miss out on this very special evening!

Tickets for this event will be bundled with a copy of Villa Coco which Andrew will sign at the event. Tickets are required to attend this event. Please note that photography and video recording are prohibited during the event, but guests may take photos with Andrew during the signing line.

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About the Book:

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.

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 Less an international phenomenon, Villa Coco 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.

About the Author:

ANDREW SEAN GREER is the bestselling author of seven previous works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize winner Less and its companion, Less Is Lost. He lives in San Francisco and Venice, Italy.

Milo Todd is a bestselling author and an amateur stop-motion animator. He’s a Lambda Literary Fellow, a Massachusetts Cultural Council grantee, and co-EIC for the award-winning LGBTQ+ literary journal, Foglifter Journal. He also runs The Queer Writer newsletter. His debut novel, The Lilac People, is a national bestseller, a Lambda Literary Award Finalist, an ALA Stonewall Honor Book, runner-up for the James Patterson and Bookshop.org Prize, a Goodreads Choice Award Finalist, a New England Book Award Finalist, a Libro.fm Bookseller Choice Award Winner, an Amazon Best Book of 2025, a BookTube Prize Quarterfinalist, a Foreword Reviews Best of 2025, an Indie Next Pick, an Amazon Editors’ Pick, an Apple Best of the Month Pick, and has received starred and/or glowing reviews from such places as Publishers Weekly, Foreword Reviews, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, the Boston Globe, the LA Times, the Washington Post, WBUR, Electric Lit, and more. About The Lilac People, Shelf Awareness said Milo “has made an enormous contribution to historical fiction” and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette called Milo “an important new voice in American fiction.”