Donald Ray Pollock

The Heavenly Table

  • The Heavenly Table

  • Cane, Cob and Chimney Jewett are young Georgia sharecroppers held under the thumb of their God-fearing father, Pearl. When he dies unexpectedly, they set out on horseback for Canada, robbing and looting their way to wealth and infamy.

    But little goes to plan and soon they’re pursued by both the authorities and the stories emanating from their trail of destruction – making the Jewett Gang out to be the most fearsome trio of murdering bank robbers in the Midwest. The truth, though, is far more complex than the legend. And the heaven they’ve imagined may in fact be worse than the hell they sought to escape.

The Devil All the Time
The Devil All the Time
Donald Ray Pollock
Blessed / The Fights (Storycuts)
Blessed / The Fights (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Holler / I Start Over (Storycuts)
Holler / I Start Over (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Assailants / Discipline / Honolulu (Storycuts)
Assailants / Discipline / Honolulu (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Fish Sticks / Rainy Sunday (Storycuts)
Fish Sticks / Rainy Sunday (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Lard / Schott's Bridge (Storycuts)
Lard / Schott's Bridge (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Bactine / Giganthomachy / Pills (Storycuts)
Bactine / Giganthomachy / Pills (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Hair's Fate / Knockemstiff (Storycuts)
Hair's Fate / Knockemstiff (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Dynamite Hole / Real Life (Storycuts)
Dynamite Hole / Real Life (Storycuts)
Donald Ray Pollock
Knockemstiff
Knockemstiff
Donald Ray Pollock

After quitting school at seventeen, Donald Ray Pollock worked at Mead Paper Mill and as a truck driver in Chillicothe, Ohio. After thirty-two years employed as a labourer he enrolled at Ohio State University to study creative writing. He is the author of two acclaimed books, the cult-classic short-story collection Knockemstiff, which went on to win the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, and the novel The Devil All The Time. www.donaldraypollock.net

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