![]() He was a soldier, a teacher, a hunter, a novelist, and an advertising executive. James Dickey's life was remarkable for the number of his vocations, any one of which could have kept another person busy for a lifetime. As he becomes more primitive, Ed finds himself grateful for this opportunity to live life to its fullest. With sweeping descriptions and precise details, Dickey portrays the development of the novel's narrator, Ed Gentry, as he learns the ways of the forest and the river in his fight for his own survival. Along the way they are accosted by uncivilized backwoods dwellers, and the travelers soon find themselves dealing with murder, a cover-up, and more murder and deceit. In the book, four ordinary suburban men take a canoe trip through the wild hills of north Georgia, hoping to get away from their regulated, sterile lives for a weekend. His novel consists of adventure, suspicion, and murder in a natural setting. Like a poet, Dickey identified themes and images in his novel that resonate throughout the American psyche. ![]() These two accomplishments were considered outstanding achievements for a writer who before Deliverance was known for his poetry. ![]() Critics and the general public also applauded the movie that was adapted from the novel by Dickey and released two years later. When James Dickey's Deliverance was published in 1970, it was an immediate critical and popular hit. ![]()
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