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Tackle!

by Jilly Cooper

(Bantam £22, 448pp)

(Bantam £22, 448pp)

Any new book from Cooper is a major event for multiple millions of fans around the world, me included. Her most famous character, Rupert Campbell-Black, has also become a legend in his own right, and I’m delighted to report that he has another starring role here.

Now 60, but as attractive as ever, our hero is having a bad time. His beloved wife Taggie is undergoing chemotherapy for breast cancer and his favourite horse has died. But he’s lost none of his sharp wit, charm, impatience with idiots or ultra-alpha sexy energy.