NationalBookAward-winningauthorJamesDickey’sNewYorkTimesbestsellerDeliveranceisanunforgettabletaleofviolentactionandprofoundinnerdiscovery--thebasisfortheAcademyAward-nominatedfilmstarringBurtReynoldsandJohnVoightONEOFMODERNLIBRARY’S100BESTNOVELSOFTHETWENTIETHCENTURY-ONEOFTIMEMAGAZINE’S100BESTENGLISHLANGUAGENOVELSFourmiddle-classsuburbanmendecidetoembarkonathree-daycanoetripdownaparticularlywildsectionofariverinGeorgia.ForEdGentry,BobbyTrippe,DrewBallinger,andLewisMedlock,thetriprepresentsabreakfromtheirdailyroutines,achanceforadventurewithfewrealrisks,andthelastoccasiontoseeabeautifulvalleybeforetheriverisdammedup.Lewis,anenthusiasticoutdoorsmanandchampionarcher,isobsessedbythedesiretopithimselfagainstnature.Whentwoofthefriendsareviciouslyattackedbymountainmen,theirmildadventurebecomesafightfortheirverylives.Menpreyupononeanother,thetreacherousriverbecomesagraveyardforthosewithoutthestrengthorthelucktosurvive,andEd,forcedtoleadhisfriendstosafety,callsuponprimalinstinctsburiedwithinhimtoachievedeliverance.“Amind-shatteringnightmareinthewilderness,surgingaheadonsheerpower....TherearefewwriterslikeJamesDickeyandfewnovelsassuccessful,asterrifying,andasgoodasDeliverance.“--WashingtonPost
