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 theyre 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 theyve imagined may in fact be worse than the hell they sought to escape.
After quitting school at seventeen,Donald Ray Pollockworked 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 collectionKnockemstiff, which went on to win the PEN/Robert Bingham Fellowship, and the novelThe Devil All The Time.
www.donaldraypollock.net
