
The Heavenly Table
A Novel
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Kirby Heyborne
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 borderland 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, heavyset, 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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good book
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Great story!
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Hard to Categorize
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Reminded me of a Robert Altman film
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Another Punch of Pollock!
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Loved his first novel, The Devil all the Time. This one's even better. Low key narration perfectly suited to the dark humor. Enjoy!
The real deal
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If you could sum up The Heavenly Table in three words, what would they be?
Thought provoking!What did you like best about this story?
The characters are fully developed.Have you listened to any of Kirby Heyborne’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
First time I have listened to this narrator and he is excellent.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The Fiddlers kindness toward the Jewetts.Any additional comments?
The constant reference to hopes of Heavenly Table when Cobb realizes that the true heavenly table is with the Fiddlers.Bizarre, Captivating and Wanted to keep it going!
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Pollock rocks
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That I so enjoyed a story about filthy messed up individuals is testament to the author’s great talent.
Appalling and yet...
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Very, very entertaining
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