The Executioner's Song

by Mailer, Norman

This novel is noteworthy for its portrayal of Gary Gilmore, a violent product of America's prisons who became known for two reasons: first for robbing and murdering two men in 1976, and second, after being tried and convicted, he insisting on dying for his crime. In order to do so, he had to fight a system that seemed ironically intent to keep him alive. The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize-winning true crime novel.

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This book was first published by Little, Brown & Company in 1979. This book is in hardcover format with 1,056 pages. Published in London by Hutchinson and Co in 1979, this edition has original blue cloth, titles to the spine in silver and copper, with yellow endpapers. 

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Published by Modern Library in New York, 1993. This edition has a striking dust jacket with 1,002 pages. 

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New York: Little Brown, 1979. In a clear protective Brodart mylar cover. Norman Mailer's massive novel that wom the Pulitzer prize and formed the basis of the movie stairing Tommy Lee Jones,. A glimpse into the tormented world of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who was put to death by a firing squad in Utah in 1977. Light edgewear… Read more about this item
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