James Dickey was the kind of man who made Ernest Hemingway look like a florist from the Midwest, says his former student the writer Pat Conroy. And forty-five years ago this summer, Dickey’s book "Deliverance" was one of the hottest things on the stands, a literary triumph. When Hollywood released the movie version in 1972, for which Dickey also wrote the screenplay, it became one of the most unforgettable Southern movies of all time.
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