{"product_id":"deliverance-a-novel-isbn-9780063319677","title":"Deliverance: A Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNational Book Award-winning author James Dickey's New York Times bestseller \u003cem\u003eDeliverance \u003c\/em\u003eis an unforgettable tale of violent action and profound inner discovery\u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003ethe basis for the Academy Award-nominated film starring Burt Reynolds and John Voight\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eONE OF MODERN LIBRARY’S 100 BEST NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY · ONE OF TIME MAGAZINE’S 100 BEST ENGLISH LANGUAGE NOVELS\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour middle-class suburban men decide to embark on a three-day canoe trip down a particularly wild section of a river in Georgia. For Ed Gentry, Bobby Trippe, Drew Ballinger, and Lewis Medlock, the trip represents a break from their daily routines, a chance for adventure with few real risks, and the last occasion to see a beautiful valley before the river is dammed up. Lewis, an enthusiastic outdoorsman and champion archer, is obsessed by the desire to pit himself against nature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen two of the friends are viciously attacked by mountain men, their mild adventure becomes a fight for their very lives. Men prey upon one another, the treacherous river becomes a graveyard for those without the strength or the luck to survive, and Ed, forced to lead his friends to safety, calls upon primal instincts buried within him to achieve deliverance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A mind-shattering nightmare in the wilderness, surging ahead on sheer power....There are few writers like James Dickey and few novels as successful, as terrifying, and as good as Deliverance.” —\u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“Freshly and intensely alive . . . with questions that haunt modern urban man.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSouthern Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[James Dickey's] language has descriptive power not often matched in contemporary American writing.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A novelist of power and skill. A marvel of description that will make your muscles ache. A brilliant and breathtaking adventure.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A novel of stunning power.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Stomach-churning thrills…A mind-shattering nightmare in the wilderness, surging ahead on sheer power…there are few writers like James Dickey and few novels as successful, as terrifying and as good as \u003cem\u003eDeliverance\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A novel that will curl your toes…Dickey’s canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A tour de force.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You're hooked, you feel every cut, grope up every cliff, swallow water with every spill of the canoe, sweat with every draw of the bowstring. Wholly absorbing [and] dramatic.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHarper's Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mariner Books Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44890453934309,"sku":"NP9780063319677","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780063319677.jpg?v=1730233316","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/deliverance-a-novel-isbn-9780063319677","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}