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Description edit
From the acclaimed author of Knockemstiff —called “powerful, remarkable, exceptional” by the Los Angeles Times —comes a dark and riveting vision of America that delivers literary excitement in the highest degree. In The Devil All the Time , Donald Ray Pollock has written a novel that... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Carl: Unemployed amateur photographer and serial killer that takes his own insecurity and anger out on his victims.
- Arvin: Main character his life journey ties together the stories in the book. Arvin is the son of Willard.
- Willard: A man whose blood soaked WWII experiences taint the rest of his life. A man whose great love for his wife and epic belief in a God who answers prayers lead him to shape his son in his own image.
- Sandy: Sandy is the sister of Sheriff Bodecker in Meade, Ohio. She is also the wife of Carl, with whom she goes on serial killing road trips every year. Sandy serves as the bait while Carl photographs her in sexual positions with victims whom they pick up along the highway.
- Brother Roy: Add a description of this character.
- Bodecker: Bodecker is the Sheriff of Meade, Ohio, brother to Sandy.
- Emma: Arvin's Grandmother, raised Arvin
- Lenora: Raised by Emma, daughter of Theodore
- Helen
- Hank: Store shop keeper
- Theodore: Travelling preacher, brother to Roy, father of Lenora
- Teagardin: Teagardin in a young preacher who is called in to take over for his uncle's ministry after said uncle develops cancer. Teagardin is pedophile that prays on the teen girls in the congregation.
- Lee
- Russell
- Henry Dunlap
- Jamie
- Juanita: Waitress at a local bar in town.
- Cynthia
- Albert
- Maude
- Mildred
- Sykes
- Pamela
- Jack
- Grandma
- Tater Brown: A local gangster
First Sentence edit
It was a Wednesday afternoon in the fall of 1945, not long after the war had ended.
Table of Contents edit
Prologue
Part One: Sacrifice
Part Two: On the Hunt
Part Three: Orphans and Ghosts
Part Four: Winter
Part Five: Preacher
Part Six: Serpents
Part Seven: Ohio
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
This book is in Amazon.com Best Books of 2011. (authoritative list)
This is book 2 of 7 in Amazon.com Best Books of July (2011). (authoritative list)
Authors & Contributors edit
- Donald Ray Pollock (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: july 12, 2011
ISBN: 978-0385535045
Page Count: 272
Publisher: Doubleday
Country: USA
Publication Date: july 12, 2011
ISBN: 978-0385535045
Page Count: 272
Awards edit
- Amazon Best of the Month (July 2011, #1)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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