Review: Pulitzer winner’s ‘Villa Coco’ is 266 pages of pure pleasure Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune Jun 12, 2026 Jun 12, 2026 0 "Villa Coco," by Andrew Sean Greer (Doubleday/TNS) PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE/TNS Prefer us on Google Learn More Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Chris Hewitt, The Minnesota Star Tribune Honestly, I don’t know whether this is a review or a thank you note.kAmp?5C6H $62? vC66C’D “':==2 r@4@” 92D E96 DF>>6CJ[ 6?E6CE2:?:?8 766= @7 D@>6@?6 HC:E:?8 H92E6G6C 96 766=D =:<6 HC:E:?8] vC66C 92D 2=C625J H@? E96 a_`g !F=:EK6C !C:K6 W7@C “{6DD[” H9:49 96 7@==@H65 H:E9 “k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^HHH]DE2CEC:3F?6]4@>^C6G:6H\=6DD\:D\=@DE\3J\2?5C6H\D62?\8C66C^e__a_fcceQ E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm{6DD xD {@DEk^2m”X 2?5 92D D@=5 C62>D @7 4@A:6D @7 9:D 3@@<D W5@?’E D=66A @? 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