Andrew Sean Greer Under the Tuscan Fun

In “Villa Coco,” a young American goes to Italy for serious work and finds himself trapped in a delightful comedy.

The Tuesday Review

(Doubleday)

In 2018, hours after Andrew Sean Greer won a Pulitzer Prize for Less, I got him on the phone in Italy and asked if he was surprised.

“Oh, come on,” he shot back. “Everyone was surprised!”

True.

Not that we were disappointed — not at all. But there was an abiding sense, sure as death, that serious honors were reserved for seriou…