Summer of Deliverance: A Memoir of Father and Son (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780684855370)

Summer of Deliverance is a powerful and moving memoir of anger, love, and reconciliation between a son and his father. Hailed as a literary genius of his generation, James Dickey created his art and lived his life with a ferocious passion. He was a heavy drinker, a destructive husband and father, a poet of grace and sensitivity, and, after the publication and subsequent film of his novel, Deliverance, a wildly popular literary star. Drawing on letters, notebooks, diaries, and his explicit conversations with his father, Christopher Dickey has crafted a superb memoir of the corrosive effects of fame, a moving remembrance of a crisis that united a family, and an inspiring celebration of love between father and son.

Author: Christopher Dickey
ISBN-10: 0684855372
ISBN-13: 9780684855370
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Language: English
Published: 08/04/1999
Pages: 288
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.87lbs
Size: 8.74h x 6.04w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Ingram Advance 08/01/1999 pg. 22
New York Times 08/01/1999 pg. 20
New York Times 12/05/1999 pg. 105