by Jilly Cooper · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780552177849
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«Tackle!» is Jilly Cooper's contemporary romance novel, published by Penguin in paperback (528 pages, in English).
Rupert Campbell-Black, horse breeder and trainer, buys a football club in crisis at the insistence of his daughter Bianca. Despite hating the sport, he gets involved as chairman of Searston Rovers and, with his secretary and press officer, tries to take it to the top amid corrupt rivals, sabotage and scandals.
It is the eleventh instalment of Jilly Cooper's Rutshire Chronicles series.
For an adult audience that enjoys contemporary romance, humour and football plots.
Dame Jilly Cooper was an English author and journalist, best known for her long-running Rutshire Chronicles series. She began her career in journalism and published several works of non-fiction, including books on class, animals and marriage, before turning to fiction. Her first book was How to Stay Married, which was published in 1969. She published several collections of journalism, alongside other non-fiction volumes throughout much of her career. Cooper's first novel to be published was the romance Emily, which appeared in 1975 and was followed by five more, as well as a volume of short stories. Cooper was also an anthologist and wrote the Little Mabel series of children's books.
