"If Donald Ray Pollock's powerful collection Knockemstiff was a punch to the jaw, his follow-up, The Devil All the Time, a novel set in the violent soul-numbing towns of southern Ohio and West Virginia, feels closer to a mule's kick, and how he draws these folks and their inevitably hopeless lifes without pity is what the kick's all about." —Publishers Weekly starred review
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A father, son, and the woods: a coming-of-age story that mixes intensity and paradox in a way that only a violent religion can muster, along with a proprietary interest in a sexual partner. The young boy views all and resolves never to allow disrespect without a fierce reckoning. The resolve is admirable at the same time that it is sad, for the scenes have no time for benevolence.
Been as close to family as an outsider can be running with third generation bootleggers from these parts and never got as close to being there as reading a few pages of Donald's new book, "The Devil All The Time". If it stays true to the power of "Knockemstiff" I'll again have to go outside for air between chapters.
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