All the Sinners Bleed

Yeah.

And the first book that I read of his was All the Sinners Bleed.

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I bet there's a

Yeah.

And I actually, you had told me you didn't love All Sinners Bleed, and I listened to the first chapter of that one at the end of Razorblade Tears, 'cause I was, um, making dough, and I was, my hands were dirty, so, and it, the book ended and just started the first chapter of All Sinners Bleed.

And I was like, "That's fine, I'll just listen to it." And I was kinda getting into it, but then I checked out All Sinners Bleed, and I could not...

I tried, and I just couldn't get into it.

So m-

He is also author of the bestselling book Razorblade Tears, which he and I are going to talk about, which also won an Anthony, the Barry, the Macavity, the ITW, and the Dashiell Hammett Award.

His book All Sinners Bleed was nominated for the Lefty, the Edgar, and the LA Times Book Award, and the ALA Book Award, and I believe it was also on, uh, former President Obama's book list.

Yeah.

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Um, you wanna get to the, the car, the cab, the Lyft, what have you.

So I was kinda rushing and I passed, um, like anybody who goes through airports in America knows Hudson News is.

I, I passed the Hudson News and, and I s- stopped in my tracks and, uh, All Sinners Bleed, um, was, uh, in the airport, and it just struck me as this sort of touchstone moment, you know, that this kid, you know, this poor kid from Virginia, from Mathews County, who grew up poor and grew up, you know, in, in struggling circumstances with a ill mother and a father that wasn't always there and, you know, had to drop out of college and all these things.

And then there's my book right next to people that I've long admired, you know? It's, it's not a, it's not a feeling you can really ...

And it's...

What it really is is 30 years of showing up to the stage, to the room, to the tape, to the work until he got on a roll with Vice Principals, Magnum, P.I., Lincoln Lawyer, and now The Pitt and Netflix's All the Sinners Bleed, that made industry not only take notice, but give him a seat at the table that has not stopped.

I mean, this is g- this is a conversation about the long haul, about n- not losing yourself in the downtime, about what perseverance actually looks like from the inside.

These are the unforgettable stories that landed Christopher Thornton right here.

It's so meticulous.

Yeah.

Do you wanna tell 'em, I wanna hear a little bit about the All the Sinners Bleed, or is this an offer?

No, we just...