{"product_id":"watershed-9780807016275","title":"Watershed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA classic of politics, murder, and espionage\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e has all the makings of a social thriller...In this novel about water and the struggle for a life free of injustice, the mix doesn't just work, it flows.\" -- Alan Cheuse, \u003ci\u003eNational Public Radio\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"It's hard . . . to imagine a novelist today with fresher eyes than Percival Everett.\"―Christopher Borrelli, \u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e On a windswept landscape somewhere north of Denver, Robert Hawks, a feisty and dangerously curious hydrologist, finds himself enmeshed in a fight over Native American treaty rights. What begins for Robert as a peaceful fishing interlude ends in murder and the disclosure of government secrets. Everett mines history for this one, focusing on the relationship between Native American activists and Black Panther groups who bonded over their shared enemies in the 1960s Civil Rights movement. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eWatershed \u003c\/i\u003eis an excellent example of Percival Everett's famed bitingly political narrative style.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePercival Everett is the author of over 30 books since his debut, \u003ci\u003eSuder\u003c\/i\u003e, was released in 1983. His modern classics include \u003ci\u003eI Am Not Sidney Poitier\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSo Much Blue\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlyph, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eTrees\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at The University of Southern California. Everett was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2020 with his novel \u003ci\u003eTelephone\u003c\/i\u003e. He received the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award at the National Book Critics Circle Awards 2022, and was awarded the PEN America Award for \u003ci\u003eDr. No \u003c\/i\u003ein 2023.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50598812516626,"sku":"9780807016275","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_fe002552-8764-4272-8294-897c75080f78.jpg?v=1732191630","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/watershed-9780807016275","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}