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<p><i>I am guilty not because of my actions, to which I freely admit, but for my accession, admission, confession that I <br>executed these actions with not only deliberation and <br>premeditation but with zeal and paroxysm and purpose . . . </i><br><i>The true answer to your question is shorter than the lie. <br>Did you? I did.</i><br><br>This is a confession of a victim turned villain. When Ishmael Kidder's eleven-year-old daughter is brutally murdered, it stands to reason that he must take revenge <i>by any means necessary</i>. The punishment is carried out without guilt, and with the usual equipment—duct tape, rope, and superglue. But the tools of psychological torture prove to be the most devastating of all. <br><br>Percival Everett's most lacerating indictment to date, <i>The Water Cure</i> 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 tha

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Author

Percival L. Everett

Publisher

Graywolf Press

Published

2011

Language

EN

ISBN

9781555970185

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction

Rating

3.6 / 5 (2,678 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14