Taking Apart the Poco Poco

by Richard Francis

Witnessing the tearing down of the dance hall where they first met, John and Margaret watch their marriage also crumble, until a whimsical act by the family dog sets off a series of events that... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0684803372
• ISBN13: 9780684803371
• Release Date: May 1995
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.8" x 8.8"

Customer Reviews

Review

It took me a few pages to get into this book, pages I have since re-read with appreciation and giggles. The book has some good characters set in a just-believable "one of those days". Although I found the children less convincing than the adults. Are men really like John? Richard Francis is one so he must know.. gulp! Raymond is the best dog I have spent time with in print and had me howling with laughter. Read the book, you'll enjoy it.

Taking apart ordinary lives

Taking Apart the Poco Poco concentrates on the adventures of a family and their dog on a single day. Each member of the family is involved in their own separate dramas, tragic and hilarious in turns. Their lives hardly seem to cross. Full of well observed minutae and careful characterization Richard Francis gives each character a distinctiveness and reality. You begin to feel that as well as being man and boy, he's also been girl, woman and dog! This is a funny, serious read, and deserves to be better known.