The Executioner's Song (Vintage International)
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The Executioner's Song is a work of unprecedented force. It is the true story of Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person executed in the United States since the reinstitution of the death penalty. Gilmore, a violent yet articulate man who chose not to fight his death-penalty sentence, touched off a national debate about capital punishment. He allowed Norman Mailer and researcher Lawrence Schiller complete access to his story. Mailer took the material and produced an immense book with a dry, unwavering voice and meticulous attention to detail on Gilmore's life--particularly his relationship with Nicole Baker, whom Gilmore claims to have killed. What unfolds is a powerful drama, a distorted love affair, and a chilling look into the mind of a murderer in his countdown with a firing squad.
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The New York Times Book Review, Joan Didion
This is an absolutely astonishing book.
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The Executioner's Song (Vintage International)
The Executioner's Song (Vintage International),Norman Mailer,Vintage,0375700811,Biographical fiction,Death row inmates,Fiction,Gilmore, Gary,Literary,Literature - Classics / Criticism,Mailer, Norman - Prose & Criticism,Utah,Fiction / Literary,True crime,USA
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