Chris Crutcher: Deadline

I've been having pretty good luck getting my books challenged in the past few years and I don't expect DEADLINE to be any different. If the language or the fuzzy spirituality or a main character taking on authority with the zeal of one who has nothing to lose doesn't bring out the censors, a child molester cast in a semi-positive light should do the trick.

I didn't write the book to get banned – I never do – but I didn't write it not to get banned either. I wrote it to force my main character, Ben Wolf, to look at the worth of his life and at his own ability under pressure to increase that worth. Planet Earth is a tough town and if any of us look closely, we'll see more potholes in our lives and the lives of others than we would see living it out on cruise control.

That's Ben Wolf's forte...seeing the potholes.

Chris Crutcher
Author of Deadline
www.chriscrutcher.com
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