# Thomas — You Can’t Win character guide

> Thomas in You Can’t Win by Jack Black.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** old Thomas, Tommy, Tom, Tom Dennison

**First appearance:** 0017-xv

## Who they are

A political figure and saloonkeeper in the underworld.

## In the story

### [II](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/ii)

The coachman and Civil War veteran who tells the narrator stories of Jesse James and other outlaws, influencing his fascination with crime.

### [XIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/you_can_t_win_se/chapters/xiii)

Mentioned as the operator of the Wasatch gambling house in Salt Lake City, to whom Sanc sold the imitation ruby.

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