A review by judyward
Deliverance by James Dickey

4.0

Now I like to vacation as much as anyone, but this white-water canoe trip on a river in northern Georgia is a trip to miss. Initially exhilarating, the weekend is meant to provide four middle-aged men from Atlanta with an adventure that they will talk about for years. Instead, the trip becomes a horrifying experience and the friends end up struggling for survival in the wilderness. The story is told from the perspective of a single character, ad agency executive Ed Gentry, and the extensive character development and the strength of the writing made this a powerful novel.