Pandora

Open the covers of Jilly Cooper’s latest novel and you lift the lid of a Pandora’s box. From the pages flies a host of delicious and deadly vices… Cooper’s sheer exuberance and energy are contagious… Cooper fans will be waiting eagerly for the next novel * The Times *
The whole thing is a riot - vastly superior to anything else in a glossy cover * Daily Telegraph *
This is Jilly in top form with her most sparkling novel to date * Evening Standard *
One reads her for her joie de vivre, her maudlin romanticism, her love of arty references and her razor sharp sense of humour. Oh, and the sex * New Statesman *
Cooper is astute when describing the complex relationships between men and women. She’s also on the nail when it comes to teenage-speak and can bring the English countryside alive more deftly than many literary stars… She’s irresistible… Like Harvey Nicks and the promise of romantic dalliance, she frees you from the daily drudge and deposits you in an alternative universe where love, sex and laughter rule * Independent on Sunday *
A new Jilly Cooper novel guarantees a great summer for everyone… She tells a marvellous story with total conviction, and also hooks the reader from the first page. Her latest, an irreverant look at the international art world is full of fun and sex - and quite unputdownable. This is Jilly at her irrepressible best * Publishing News *
Pandora is a smart portrait of the venal, greedy and pretentious underbelly of the high art scene… Most impressive is [Cooper’s] gift for crowd scenes… Cooper moves her cast about in ways that elaborate their characters, fuel the plot and ensure that set pieces are never boring * Irish Independent *
Pandora is the best book Jilly has produced since Rivals… the action is priceless * Sunday Express *
Triumphantly good * The Sunday Times *
The prospect of Jilly’s return, with a novel set in the glamorous international art world and promising “oodles of bad behaviour, intrigue, passion, tears and laughter”, will surely cheer all but the most misanthropic * Bookseller *

Jilly Cooper was a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling books, she lived in Gloucestershire where her groundbreaking Rutshire Chronicles series was set. Awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, she also won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019, and was appointed DBE in 2024 for services to literature and charity. She died in 2025.

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