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The Executioner's Song

Norman Mailer

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The Executioner's Song won the Pulitzer Prize. In this 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 death. Norman 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.

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Publisher
Hachette UK
ISBN-13
9781455510832
Topics
Capital punishmentTrue crimeAmerican violence

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