Dame Jilly Cooper, Doyenne of the “Bonkbuster” and Chronicler of Rural Passions, Dies at 88
Dame Jilly Cooper, the irrepressibly witty novelist whose novels brought laughter, lust, and social satire to millions, has died aged 88. Her death marks the end of an era in British popular fiction — one defined by the bonkbuster: the unabashedly glamorous, gloriously gossipy genre she helped immortalize. Cooper’s name became synonymous with passion set … Read more