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The Heavenly Table: A Novel

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Ratings
Book
6
Narrator
5
Release Date
July 12, 2016
Duration
13 hours 55 minutes
Summary
From Donald Ray Pollock, author of the highly acclaimed The Devil All the Time and Knockemstiff, comes a dark, gritty, electrifying (and, disturbingly, weirdly funny) new novel that will solidify his place among the best contemporary American authors.

It is 1917, in that sliver of border land that divides Georgia from Alabama. Dispossessed farmer Pearl Jewett ekes out a hardscrabble existence with his three young sons: Cane (the eldest; handsome; intelligent); Cob (short; heavy set; a bit slow); and Chimney (the youngest; thin; ill-tempered). Several hundred miles away in southern Ohio, a farmer by the name of Ellsworth Fiddler lives with his son, Eddie, and his wife, Eula. After Ellsworth is swindled out of his family's entire fortune, his life is put on a surprising, unforgettable, and violent trajectory that will directly lead him to cross paths with the Jewetts. No good can come of it. Or can it?

In the gothic tradition of Flannery O'Connor and Cormac McCarthy with a healthy dose of cinematic violence reminiscent of Sam Peckinpah, Quentin Tarantino and the Coen Brothers, the Jewetts and the Fiddlers will find their lives colliding in increasingly dark and horrific ways, placing Donald Ray Pollock firmly in the company of the genre's literary masters.
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Profile Avatar Charles J Jan 2018

Excellent book and narrative

Profile Avatar Kristen N. Jul 2025

This book is an absolute gem. The characterization is perfection and the narrator just has that voice and cadence to pull off this unique novel. Loved this so much

The Heavenly Table: A Novel

The Heavenly Table: A Novel

Author: Donald Ray Pollock
Read by: Kirby Heyborne
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