Deadline Throughout the entire novel Chris Crutcher has created dialogue that keeps the reader on their toes and makes them want to turn to the next page. Only in the first few chapters of Chris Crutcher's Deadline is there a major incident that grabs readers' attention. In this case many readers would probably have responded differently than Ben Wolf did. Many people would perhaps appreciate having Ben (the main character) as a close friend. These points are central to the way Crutcher structures the novel. Right in the introduction Chris Crutcher throws the reader a huge incident that captured and held their interest. In the first chapter, Ben Wolf is diagnosed with a rare blood disease, which if left untreated will leave him with a maximum of a year to live. The reader may have found it thrilling because curiosity arises about what the protagonist will do with his short time to live. And what decision will he make about the people he loves and the events that will come soon, for example, Ben says: "I will feel bad every time I get something good, because...