The Water Cure by Percival Everett

The Water Cure by Percival Everett

Synopsis

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 Kidder’s 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 equipment—duct tape, rope, and superglue. But the tools of psychological torture prove to be the most devastating of all.
Percival Everett’s 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.

⇒ Via: BN.com

Acuriously wierd book written as a first person account from a bereaved father grieving over his dead daughter who is kidnapped and killed. The main character in the book is an author writing romance stories under a pseudonym. He abducts the suspected attacker of his daughter and tortures him in his basement. The narrative takes form as a disjointed sequence of events written by a schizophrenic.