Death by Water Author:Tim Miller Continuing the tradition of such novels as A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and Demian, Tim Miller's debut novel is about the education of a soul. Innovative in its style and structure, and spanning the growth from cynicism to affirmation, Death by Water tells the story of Orestes as he dives to the extremes of both debauchery and int... more »ellectualism before finding peace beyond even those. Add to this an insightful afterword from the auth on the book's genesis and composition, Death by Water becomes as daring and moving a first novel as any in recent memory.« less