false 0 2009-06-22T13:25:24-07:00 921269 225 2009-06-22T13:25:24-07:00 5 4 false false Mon Jun 22 13:25:18 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 19:44:42 -0700 2009 Banned For Life is about punk rock? Sure, just like Moby-Dick is about whales. This is the thrilling story of Jason Maddox, 80s musician turned 90s screenwriter, who embarks on an Ahab-like quest of his own -- although the blubbery object of his fascination is a vanished punk-poet.

Like Melville, D.R. Haney has created a world so rich in detail, so authentic, so damned cool, you want to take up a harpoon -- or, in this case, a guitar -- and join the fray. Banned For Life is literary fiction at its best -- funny, heartbreaking, hopeful, and every bit as inspiring as the punk music it extols.

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