Recursion

by Blake Crouch

Life is nothing how he expected it would be when he was young and living under the delusion that things could be controlled. Nothing can be controlled. Only endured.

I was trying to build out Barry Sutton’s character early on by showing him as a defeated man, kicked around severely by life. Of all my heroes, I think he probably starts at the lowest point. I started writing Recursion around the time I was going through my divorce, and it’s hard for me to go back and read much of it, because I can feel the angst and sadness literally coming off the pages. Having an outlet to express myself during that time literally saved my life.