Mister Monkey by Francine ProseMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is like a chain of related stories. At times, the chain is a bit tenuous, pulling in a character based on as loose a relationship as sitting next to another character in a restaurant. But as the book continues, you start to see additional relationships pop up, and the author does a wonderful job of showing this inter-relatedness. The story starts a bit oddly, describing a local theater performance of a play based on a children’s book called “Mister Monkey”, a performance that doesn’t go as well as planned. The story then jumps through different characters’, related to the immediately previous characters. As you read toward the end, you realize the relationships have been made with other characters, circling back in effect. There’s an ending that can be best described as “nice”. I liked the book and appreciated the effort to tie these characters together while making them real. I would read more by this author.
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