Six top books that explore man's inherent violence

T.C. Boyle's latest novel The Harder They Come explores the roots of violence and anti-authoritarianism inherent in the American character. For The Week magazine he tagged his six favorite books that explore man's inherent violence, including:Deliverance by James Dickey

I recently revisited this 1970 novel and found it even better than I'd remembered. Dickey's line-to-line writing is sublime