Pancho II
A Novel of Mexico: A Prequel & A Sequel
Published on 28. August 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
456 pages
978-1-78901-490-7 (ISBN)
Description
Old-style incident, humour and high adventure, Pancho II is a fable of late 1950s rural and partly urban Mexico...
He's back! The Raconteur Ranchero Reprobate, the benevolent brigand - Pancho!
Pancho returns in this second instalment, the Old Ranchero, the irrepressible, not-so-saintly, self-supposed savant. Pancho aims for perpetual youth in audacious activity and misadventure, breathing vitality and good humour into everyone he meets, be they friend or stranger. In three seasons of the year he strides along a fire-stream of emotion, experience, and hard earned enlightenment.
The incorrigible old man shares a rippling run of badinage with his ranchero compan?eros; and dear friends, the Ramos family, notably young Juan and don?a Maria, better known as mama. No plot as such, rather a series of vignettes; a chronicle of events covering a winter and spring (the Prequel), and an autumn (the Sequel); linked through seasonal happenings and the experiences of the prominent characters, their quirks of personality developing along the way.
From the Feast of Candelaria of winter to the Day of the Dead of autumn, Pancho stormed and strutted the stage of life, touching the lives of a great host of folk, from lowly campesinos to the highest ranking hombres in this exotic, romantic land that is Mexico! This novel will be enjoyed by those looking for a light and warm-hearted read, particularly anyone interested in Mexico.
He's back! The Raconteur Ranchero Reprobate, the benevolent brigand - Pancho!
Pancho returns in this second instalment, the Old Ranchero, the irrepressible, not-so-saintly, self-supposed savant. Pancho aims for perpetual youth in audacious activity and misadventure, breathing vitality and good humour into everyone he meets, be they friend or stranger. In three seasons of the year he strides along a fire-stream of emotion, experience, and hard earned enlightenment.
The incorrigible old man shares a rippling run of badinage with his ranchero compan?eros; and dear friends, the Ramos family, notably young Juan and don?a Maria, better known as mama. No plot as such, rather a series of vignettes; a chronicle of events covering a winter and spring (the Prequel), and an autumn (the Sequel); linked through seasonal happenings and the experiences of the prominent characters, their quirks of personality developing along the way.
From the Feast of Candelaria of winter to the Day of the Dead of autumn, Pancho stormed and strutted the stage of life, touching the lives of a great host of folk, from lowly campesinos to the highest ranking hombres in this exotic, romantic land that is Mexico! This novel will be enjoyed by those looking for a light and warm-hearted read, particularly anyone interested in Mexico.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Market Harborough
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Troubador Publishing
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-78901-490-7 (9781789014907)
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Person
Having worked in a range of careers, including service in the RAF, a professional chef, college lecturer in Bermuda, VSO Volunteer in Egypt, Don Eric Carroll is the author of From Dust to Flowers - A Day in the Life of Rural Mexico (Ros Ruadh 1998), and Pancho (Matador 2016) and now resides in his home county of Lancashire.