The Executioner's Song

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Title: The Executioner's Song Author: Dave Mailer, Norman; Eggers ISBN: 9780446584388 Publisher: Grand Central Publishing Published: 2012 Binding: Paperback Language: English Editi on: Reprint Number of Pages: 1136 Condition Note: New from the publisher Publisher 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 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. Show more