In The Wake of Sidney Jack

In the Wake of Sidney Jack is the memoir of a Hollywood nobuddy, Tommy Two-goat. Following the scent of destiny’s parade, Tommy plies his way through deep relationships, heavy situations and remote localities. Meanwhile, he struggles to keep a thread of reality from breaking under the dead weight of his mentor Sidney; rogue production designer, stubborn genius fool wasting his talent on carnal trappings. The book is a comedic tragedy delivered in Southern wit, lunkhead humor on approach to higher understanding.

Thom Thinn blew my mind! Really, really, really good story telling. So well written.
Peter Farrelly ~ writer/director/novelist

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Thom Thinn knows how to tell a living hell of a story with grace and wit. In the hands of such a gifted raconteur, such tired subjects as excess, failure and death become entertaining again. Both hilarious and heartbreaking, this ode to a fallen comrade succeeds in perfectly capturing the squalor and depravity of Hollywood’s lower slopes at the turn of the millennium.

John Tottenham ~ Proprietor of Stories Book Store, Echo Park

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Thinn takes us on his wildcatting journey through 80’s/90’s America.  Indulging like Hunter Thompson but with open eyes like Chris McCandless, he comes across a force of nature even he can’t contain in the comic, tragic, dreadlocked, spandex wearing, larger than life character of Sidney Jack.”

Josh Klausner  ~  director/screenwriter

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“Thom Thinn has written a post modern On the Road / Iliad, an existential spiritual journey with our anti-hero on a quest to break out and break away from the traditional tried and true cultural & political hog wash we’re conditioned to swallow and despite -or- perhaps because of the bumpy road discovers purpose in life and true authenticity”

John Fleck  ~ actor/performance artist

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This book is a fun ride, very well written, both entertaining and emotional. The narator is a modern day adventurer traveling through L.A.’s  movie sets, prop houses, American apparel storage rooms, Hollywood dive bars, Alaskan wilds and the catering tents of rural Ireland.  The book is a triumph, it was a treat to read.
Jamie Babbit ~  film director, producer and screenwriter.