Description
In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States. The Executioner’s Song follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do so, he fought a system intent on keeping him alive long after it sentenced him to Mailer tells Gilmore’s story with impressive authority and compassion. The Executioner’s Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks, right into the heart of American loneliness and violence-it is impossible to put down and difficult to forget.
Author: Norman Mailer
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing
Published: 5/8/2012
Pages: 1136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.4 lbs
Size: 8.9″ H x 5.9″ L x 2.1″ W
ISBN: 9780446584388
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