Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less joins The New Yorker’s Alexandra Schwartz for the launch of his eagerly awaited new novel, Villa Coco — a “most-anticipated book of the year” from TIME, Esquire, People, and more. The evening will open with a special performance by Jason Robert Brown, offering a preview of Less: The Musical.
From Confessions of Max Tivoli to Less and Less is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer has become an international phenomenon for the signature wit, charm, and humanity of his storytelling. “No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer,” writes David Sedaris. “Every sentence in [Villa Coco] sings.” A sun-soaked mystery and a bawdy Mediterranean ballad about becoming who we’ve always wanted to be, Villa Coco follows a young man who takes a job working for a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. Populated by a chaotic and colorful milieu of gin-swilling princesses, incomprehensible handymen, roaming boarhunters and irascible nuns, Villa Coco is “an absolute delight” (Elif Batuman).
In a conversation with Alexandra Schwartz celebrating Villa Coco’s launch, hear Greer discuss the inspiration for the book, the arc of his lyrical and soul-searching oeuvre, the art of the comic novel, and more.
Recorded Jun 09, 2026 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
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The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Less joins The New Yorker’s Alexandra Schwartz for the launch of his eagerly awaited new novel, Villa Coco — a “most-anticipated book of the year” from TIME, Esquire, People, and more. The evening will open with a special performance by Jason Robert Brown, offering a preview of Less: The Musical.
From Confessions of Max Tivoli to Less and Less is Lost, Andrew Sean Greer has become an international phenomenon for the signature wit, charm, and humanity of his storytelling. “No one writing in English is funnier or more charming than Andrew Greer,” writes David Sedaris. “Every sentence in [Villa Coco] sings.” A sun-soaked mystery and a bawdy Mediterranean ballad about becoming who we’ve always wanted to be, Villa Coco follows a young man who takes a job working for a charismatic elderly Baronessa at her crumbling villa in the Tuscan hills. Populated by a chaotic and colorful milieu of gin-swilling princesses, incomprehensible handymen, roaming boarhunters and irascible nuns, Villa Coco is “an absolute delight” (Elif Batuman).
In a conversation with Alexandra Schwartz celebrating Villa Coco’s launch, hear Greer discuss the inspiration for the book, the arc of his lyrical and soul-searching oeuvre, the art of the comic novel, and more.
Recorded Jun 09, 2026 at The 92nd Street Y, New York.
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