The Water Cure: A Novel

I am guilty not because of my actions to which I freely admit but for my accession admission confession that I executed these actions with not only deliberation and premeditation but with zeal and paroxysm and purpose . . . The true answer to your question is shorter than the lie. Did you? I did. This is a confession of a victim turned villain. When Ishmael Kidders eleven-year-old daughter is brutally murdered it stands to reason that he must take revenge by any means necessary. The punishment is carried out without guilt and with the usual equipmentduct tape rope and superglue. But the tools of psychological torture prove to be the most devastating of all. Percival Everetts most lacerating indictment to date The Water Cure follows the gruesome reasoning and execution of revenge in a society that has lost a common moral ground where rules are meaningless. A master storyteller Everett draws upon disparate elements of Western philosophy language theory and military intelligence reports to create a terrifying story of loss anger and helplessness in our modern world. This is a timely and important novel that confronts the dark legacy of the Bush years and the state of America today.