Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist Andrew Sean Greer comes to Manchester Literature Festival to discuss his dazzling and witty new novel Villa Coco.

Broke and directionless, a young American takes a mysterious job assisting Lisabetta – known as Coco – a formidable aristocrat living in a crumbling Tuscan villa. He believes he has been hired to catalogue the contents of the beautiful mansion nestled in the green hills… but what are his real duties?

Days soon fill with eccentric guests, missing martens and schemes involving long-lost love, as the secrets of Villa Coco slowly come to light. This sun-soaked adventure is an unforgettable story of the enduring power of friendship.

Join Andrew for an entertaining conversation about this magical Mediterranean tale of friendship, chaos and becoming who you’ve always wanted to be.

‘No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer. Every sentence in this novel sings.’ – David Sedaris

‘Greer is not only the funniest of writers, but he has a wonderful way with conjuring an image. . . such a sunny book’ – Kate Atkinson

‘A perfect summer romp with a strong sense of place’ – Books of 2026, Esquire

Andrew Sean Greer is the bestselling author of eight works of fiction, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning Less. From 2016 – 2018, Greer was the first Executive Director of the Santa Maddalena Foundation, working alongside the president Beatrice Monti della Corte to invite authors from around the world for a writing residence in Tuscany.

A Manchester Literature Festival event.