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Laredo Down
A man struggles with the fantasy and reality of murder. Thom Young's first novel Laredo Down; has been shocking readers since its release in 2004. Thom Young's work has been in 3am magazine, Word Riot, Thieves Jargon, and many other sundry places. He was nominated for a Million Writers Award in 2008.
30 pages, Kindle Edition
First published January 14, 2009
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Thom Young
117 books75 followersThom Young is a writer from Texas. His work has been in PBS Newshour, The Wall Street Journal, The Oxford Review, and over a hundred literary journals. A 2008 Million Writers Award and 2016 Pushcart Prize nominee. His work was recently featured in the Friction Series in over 700 Barnes and Noble locations.
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May 16, 2026
Ok listen.....
Ok when I first started reading this book all I was thinking was geesh this man is going to get himself in a lot of trouble with all this drinking kinda the same thing I be telling my son trouble is easy to get into but hard to get out of I belive this book was meant to be a warning about drinking and letting it get out of control because I just knew John Wilson was going straight to prison to I felt like it was too many games being played and John would have realized that bad he not been drinking I sent this book to my son! Smh
Ok when I first started reading this book all I was thinking was geesh this man is going to get himself in a lot of trouble with all this drinking kinda the same thing I be telling my son trouble is easy to get into but hard to get out of I belive this book was meant to be a warning about drinking and letting it get out of control because I just knew John Wilson was going straight to prison to I felt like it was too many games being played and John would have realized that bad he not been drinking I sent this book to my son! Smh
May 24, 2026
Loved it! All story no fluff
Dang you left your second wife...wait so she left. Sounds just like a man telling a story lol. You did what for $5.
Oh my that escalated.
All story no fluff!
Loved it!. Followed the author halfway though the book.
Dang you left your second wife...wait so she left. Sounds just like a man telling a story lol. You did what for $5.
Oh my that escalated.
All story no fluff!
Loved it!. Followed the author halfway though the book.
August 11, 2011
A good short modern noir story of a man who lost everything but the bottle, Mexico and a murder. Or 2 murders. Or none.
A slow start at first it builds up quick and then jumps around a bit as the main character John's mind unravels pulling together various parts of his memory trying to piece together what happened.
I won't say anymore as it may give it away but I recommend giving this story a try.
A slow start at first it builds up quick and then jumps around a bit as the main character John's mind unravels pulling together various parts of his memory trying to piece together what happened.
I won't say anymore as it may give it away but I recommend giving this story a try.
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