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  • Published: 15 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780552170284
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 736
  • RRP: $55.00

Mount!

The fast-paced, riotous new adventure from the Sunday Times bestselling author Jilly Cooper




The glorious new novel from Jilly Cooper, featuring Rupert Campbell-Black and a raft of characters new and old, human and equine

In Jilly Cooper's latest, raciest novel, Rupert Campbell-Black takes centre stage in the cut-throat world of flat racing.

Rupert is consumed by one obsession: that Love Rat, his adored grey horse, be proclaimed champion stallion. He longs to trounce Roberto's Revenge, the stallion owned by his detested rival Cosmo Rannaldini, which means abandoning his racing empire at Penscombe and his darling wife Taggie, and chasing winners in the richest races worldwide, from Dubai to Los Angeles to Melbourne.

Luckily, the fort at home is held by Rupert's assistant Gav, a genius with horses, fancied by every stable lass, but damaged by alcoholism and a vile wife. When Gala, a grieving but ravishing Zimbabwean widow moves to Penscombe as carer for Rupert's wayward father, it is not just Gav who is attracted to her: a returning Rupert finds himself dangerously tempted.

Gala adores horses, and when she switches to working in the yard, her carer's job is taken by a devastatingly handsome South African man who claims to be gay but seems far keener on caring for the angelic Taggie. And as increasingly sinister acts of sabotage strike at Penscombe, the game of musical loose boxes gathers apace . . .

Everybody loves Jilly Cooper:
'Sex and horses: who could ask for more?' Sunday Telegraph
'Joyful and mischeivous' Jojo Moyes
'A delight from start to finish' Daily Mail
'Fun, sexy and unputdownable' Marian Keyes
'Escape into an alternative universe in which all is right with the world' Guardian
'Flawlessly entertaining' Helen Fielding

  • Published: 15 May 2017
  • ISBN: 9780552170284
  • Imprint: Corgi
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 736
  • RRP: $55.00

About the author

Jilly Cooper

Jilly Cooper is a journalist, author and media superstar. The author of many number one bestselling novels, she lives in Gloucestershire with her rescue racing greyhound, Bluebell.

She has been awarded honorary doctorates by the Universities of Gloucestershire and Anglia Ruskin, and won the inaugural Comedy Women in Print lifetime achievement award in 2019. She was appointed CBE in 2018 for services to literature and charity.

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Praise for Mount!

Reading Mount! was pure, unadulterated joy and makes me want to move to Rutshire, instantly. Jilly Cooper is on top, effervescent form, and I loved every moment

Sophie Kinsella

Racier than ever, totally un-put-downable and tremendous fun. What a treat!

Catherine Alliott

I loved it. Witty and wonderful as always

Trisha Ashley

A big, yummy brick of a book packed with horses, glamour, comedy and lashings of luxury sex. Divine

Saga

This tale of rivalries, sabotage - and, of course, sex - will have Cooper's army of fans galloping to the finish line

Sunday Mirror

You'll gallop through this brilliant, saucy romp

Fabulous Magazine

I devoured Mount! . . . Rupert Campbell-Black [is] older, still delicious, still obsessed with sex (human and horse)

Tatler

This endlessly fun humdinger of a novel is an absolute riot

Heat

Packed with warmth, wit and unforgettable characters, this is an utterly joyous read and fans of Cooper will doubtless find it a complete delight

DAILY EXPRESS

I couldn’t have loved this delightful doorstep of a read any more

DAILY MAIL

If there were a Good Sex Award, the prize would surely go to Jilly Cooper. Her descriptions of sex are glorious…this is why Cooper’s fans adore her – and it is why Mount! will most likely gallop to the top of the bestseller lists, a most deserving winner.

The i

It's Cooper doing what she does best . . . it's a thoroughly enjoyable roll in the hay

The Times

I was roaring with laughter from the very first page

Sunday Express

Jilly is about bringing joy into your life: daft, silly, boozy joy . . . There is no one else like Cooper.

GUARDIAN

Warm, witty and wise, and I couldn't have loved it more.

Sara Lawrence, Daily Mail