{"product_id":"watershed-isbn-9780807016275","title":"Watershed","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rediscovered classic of politics, murder, and espionage by the National Book Award– and Pulitzer Prize–winning author of \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e is an excellent example of Percival Everett’s famed bitingly political narrative style.“\u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e has all the makings of a social thriller. Everett keeps the storytelling terse and intense, while at the same time broadening the scope of the book, moving into the history of US Indian treaty making and into the science behind the search for water and the pathos of reservation life. In this novel about water and the struggle for a life free of injustice, the mix doesn’t just work, it flows.”\u003cbr\u003e—Alan Cheuse, NPR\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Precise and important, \u003ci\u003eWatershed\u003c\/i\u003e is a book about honesty, and how to live with dignity in the presence of betrayal. It is a story we need; it contains a code of action for the present and unfortunately for the near future. It is mercifully funny, as well.”\u003cbr\u003e—Rick Bass, author of \u003ci\u003eWhere the Sea Used to Be\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePraise for Percival Everett:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Percival Everett has made a career out of flouting expectations.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Funny, insightful, and unpredictable . . . Everett is a master of his trade.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTime Out Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Everett’s talent is multifaceted, sparked by a satiric brilliance that could place him alongside Richard Wright and Ralph Ellison.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Everett’s books are unfailingly intelligent and funny, formally bold and intellectually ambitious.”\u003cbr\u003e—\u003ci\u003eLA Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003ePercival Everett\u003c\/b\u003e 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\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Trees\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Los Angeles and teaches at 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 2022 National Book Critics Circle Awards, the 2023 PEN America Award for \u003ci\u003eDr. No\u003c\/i\u003e, and the 2024 National Book Award and 2025 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for \u003ci\u003eJames\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Beacon Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303822020837,"sku":"NP9780807016275","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780807016275.jpg?v=1767743643","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/watershed-isbn-9780807016275","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}