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David Louden

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in Belfast, Ireland

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Fiction, Comics, Roman Á Clef

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John Fante, Charles Bukowski, William S. Burroughs ...more

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October 2012

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David Louden writes from a small desk in a dark corner of a room in the shipbuilders’ corner of Belfast. His work has been praised by the likes of Phil Jupitus (Never Mind the Buzzcocks), Kevin Porter (Dodgeball: An Underdog Story) and the late Dan Fante. He has been featured as part of the Van Nuys International Arts Festival and New Coin Magazine. After a few years writing and illustrating comic books, David is working on a novel about a retired wrestler turned private detective and is excited about the ten copies it is likely to sell.

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Average rating: 4.25 · 87 ratings · 19 reviews · 22 distinct works • Similar authors

	Lost Angeles 3.75 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Downward Facing Doug 3.64 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Bone Idol [bohn ahydl] really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	White Mexicans 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Falls Count Anywhere (Headlock Holmes Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard by David Louden (Goodreads Author), Austin Flanagan (Foreword), Kevin Porter (Epilogue) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Henry Roscoe #2 (Henry Roscoe Vol. 1: Detective, Sort of) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Fabulous Baker Girls #1 by David Louden (Goodreads Author) (Writer), Dawn Hargy (Creator, Writer) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	D.Bags: Issue 1 "A New Pope" it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Three one-shots that follow on from the conclusion of Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard. Contains spoilers (obvs) but you can always buy the book, read it, then come back for the free one-shots.

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Lost Angeles (2 books)
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The Little Sister (Philip Marlowe, #5)

by Raymond Chandler

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“One way or another we’re taking your bank. All you have to do is decide the level of persuasion we need to apply.”
― David Louden, Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard

tags: batman, black-widow, crime, heist, hollywood-boulevard, spider-man, superheroes, superman, the-incredible-hulk

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“Marilyn Monroe is pissing me off, Charlie Chaplin owes me twenty bucks, that fucker Shrek tried to fuck my girlfriend at Baskin Robbins.”
― David Louden, Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard

tags: batman, black-widow, crime, heist, hollywood-boulevard, spider-man, superheroes, superman, the-incredible-hulk

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“The boulevard was awash with the curious and the shocked as wave after wave of tourist crashed into the unmoving masses of families who had just witnessed a brawl between The Incredible Hulk and SpongeBob Squarepants over territory, boundaries and the age old issue of ownership.”
― David Louden, Heroes of Hollywood Boulevard

tags: batman, black-widow, crime, heist, hollywood-boulevard, spider-man, superheroes, superman, the-incredible-hulk

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Topics Mentioning This Author

topics	posts	views	last activity
Making Connections: 1955. - BONE IDOL [bohn ahydl] (Lost Angeles #2) by David Louden	2	9	Dec 30, 2013 11:27AM
Making Connections: 1954. - LOST ANGELES (Lost Angeles #1) by David Louden	5	22	Dec 31, 2013 08:12AM
Making Connections: 3891. - WHITE MEXICANS (& Other Short Stories That All Definitely Happened*) by David Louden	1	4	Jul 26, 2015 10:07AM

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David’s Quotes

“Tossing a smile my way I nodded back to her. Veronica had come home. Somewhere in a thirty-six dollar a night shack a Nazi dwarf was making it with two call girls. Los Angeles was one hell of a city.”
― David Louden, White Mexicans

tags: dwarf, los-angeles, nazi, relationships, venice-area

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“Propping up a seat at the bar we devour chicken wings like life does dreams”
― David Louden, Lost Angeles

tags: la, literature, roman-á-clef

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“He was a shadow of the man that once intimidated us out of our home, a shell of a human being, a fragment of a father.”
― David Louden, Bone Idol [bohn ahydl]

tags: coming-of-age, irish-writer, literary-fiction, roman-á-clef

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“Kid,’ he laughed ‘you’re crazier than a shithouse rat in an Indian restaurant but you’ve got yourself a deal. Vinny! Lace up, you and the KFC are going three rounds.”
― David Louden, White Mexicans

tags: boxing, humor

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“Prose before hoes, muthafucka! I’ll be right over.”
― David Louden, White Mexicans

tags: arizona, humor, movies, novella, writing

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