[3] While there, Pollock published his debut short story collection, Knockemstiff,[4] and the New York Times regularly posted his election dispatches from southern Ohio throughout the 2008 campaign.

His latest book, a novel called The Heavenly Table, was published by Doubleday on July 12, 2016.

It was awarded first place in the International category of the Deutscher Krimi Preis in January, 2017.

Knockemstiff was awarded the PEN/Robert Bingham Prize, and has been published in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Italy, and England.

We might not be able to relate to the violence, but we comprehend the humanity — the flaws, the deceits, the crushed dreams, the hope that rises like a delicate flower from ashes.