# Cross Roads

> This is a fanciful story about privilege, status, power, wealth, and prestige, gained from self-centredness and ruthless behaviour

By John Atkinson · 6 February 2013 · Reviews / Books

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## Wm Paul Young, Hachette

Wm. Paul Young, the award winning author of *The Shack*, ventures into surrealism and imagery as he follows the final days and hours of his fictional character Anthony Spencer.

This is a fanciful story about privilege, status, power, wealth, and prestige, gained from self-centredness and ruthless behaviour. It leads you to wonder whether all this can be changed in a state of limbo between life and death and if, by some miracle, others who have been dealt a cruel hand in life can be made whole.

Jesus makes a guest appearance as does the Holy Spirit as an elderly American Indian woman named “Grandmother”. Tony is also confronted with the desperate need of a dying girl who can only be saved by an act of self-denial on his part.

He comes to the realisation, “My whole life has been lived just for one person, me, and finally I am ready to not do that anymore.”

However, like me, you will probably remain dissatisfied, still looking for the answer.

**John Atkinson**