The Water-Method Man
 The Water Method Man (1972) is the second published novel by American novelist John Irving. A little-known fact about this novel is that Irving for a time considered making the Old Low Norse poem Akthelt and Gunnel into his actual second novel. It was going to be called Love Among the Greths. But after reading about Walker Percy's novel Love Among the Ruins Irving abandoned the whimsical idea and wrote the now-published novel.[citation needed]