Title: An author to keep your eye on
Product review: The Donkey Show marks the beginning of a great new literary voice. Michael Patrick Welch has crafted a novel full of mirth, pathos, and love. Truly, I haven't had this much fun reading a book in a long while. The story unfolds over the course of one year in New Orleans in which we follow the main character as he struggles to keep body and soul together long enough to experience his first Mardi Gras. Along the way he encounters a large cast of misfits, thugs, and genuinely likable characters that propel the reader from one adventure to the next. It finally all comes together at Mardi Gras, and what follows cannot properly be described here. You'll have to read it for yourself, and you really should. No first novel should be this good. I'm jealous, and I'll be watching the shelves for his next book.
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