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The Moulin Huge

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Most readers never want a good story to end and that's the way I felt about "Moulin Huge," Mr. Ward's attention-geting debut novel. The characters are both funny and interesting and I couldn't wait to see how their stories would play out. The ending is a shocker and I highly recommend this work by a new star on the literary scene. Congratulations to Mr. Ward on this hilarious and poignant tale of three friends who stick together through thick and thin...no matter what happens and somehow manage to accept what life offers on their own terms.

I couldn't wait to go from one chapter to the next. I don't know who I enjoyed more, the main characters or the supporting ones. Evan wants to be noticed but has no confidence, Diva is an over-the-top movie queen, and Lloyd has similarities to Paris Hilton. They all meet up in a trailer park for a drag show. I would love to see this book become a film. Lots of laughs even though there are some sad overtones.

You can't help but fall into the flow of this story of Evan, Lloyd and Diva. Poor Evan wants to be a performer, even if he has to do it in drag. Oh, wait, he WANTS to do it in drag. Lloyd teaches school by having the kids watch soap operas and drives around with his pants off in pursuit of sexual hijinks. Diva is a Hollywood star with a split in her personality that rivals the Cumberland Gap. She has a Hollywood bigwig wooing her, and her personalities can't agree on the outcome. They all follow the yellow-brick road ... okay, it's probably just regular pavement ... to a trailer park in Niceville, Florida, for Evan to make his performance debut as Lowla. Not for the gay-paranoid but a well-crafted plot spiced with a lot of laughs for everyone else. More than a comedy, though, as the characters all show their darker, unhappier sides too.