Review
"A novel that will curl your toes...Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension."--The New York Times Book Review

"A brilliant and breathtaking adventure."--The New Yorker

"A novel stunning power."--The Nation

"A tour de force."--The New Republic


Review
"A novel that will curl your toes...Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension."--The New York Times Book Review

"A brilliant and breathtaking adventure."--The New Yorker

"A novel stunning power."--The Nation

"A tour de force."--The New Republic


Book Description
Released for the first time in trade paperback, this is the classic tale of four men caught in a primitive and violent test of manhood.The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.


From the Publisher
"A novel that will curl your toes...Dickey's canoe rides to the limits of dramatic tension."--The New York Times Book Review "A brilliant and breathtaking adventure."--The New Yorker"A novel stunning power."--The Nation "A tour de force."--The New Republic


From the Inside Flap
Released for the first time in trade paperback,  this is the classic tale of four men caught in a  primitive and violent test of  manhood.



The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the  states most remote white-water river awaits. In  the thundering froth of that river, in its  echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip  discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare.  And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns  into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a  human hunter who is offered his own harrowing  deliverance.

FROM THE PUBLISHER

Released for the first time in trade paperback, this is the classic tale of four men caught in a primitive and violent test of manhood.

The setting is the Georgia wilderness, where the states most remote white-water river awaits. In the thundering froth of that river, in its echoing stone canyons, four men on a canoe trip discover a freedom and exhilaration beyond compare. And then, in a moment of horror, the adventure turns into a struggle for survival as one man becomes a human hunter who is offered his own harrowing deliverance.

FROM THE CRITICS

New Yorker

A brillant and breathtaking adventure that is also an acute comment on America.

The Nation

A novel of stunning power.

The New Republic

A tour de force.

NY Times Book Review