THE BIG DOOR PRIZE (M.O. Walsh) - May 25/22

 Yeesh, this was difficult to get through. Walsh is kind of going for a Perrotta thing with the small town and its assortment of offbeat characters, but Walsh is certainly no Perrotta. Large swaths of this thing are just dull, generally speaking, and Walsh's exceedingly (and excessively) descriptive style makes it difficult to make it through most paragraphs without one's mind wandering. I liked the twist that one guy was behind the machine and that he did it to get a woman's attention, but the reveal was pretty much glossed over. Meh. *1/2 out of ****