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The Executioner's Song

byNorman Mailer

Genres: Biography

Who is this book for? Readers interested in true crime, biographies, and historical narratives.

Topics JusticeSurvivalIdentity

MoodSuspenseful, Dark

ViolenceGraphic/Explicit

With an introduction by Andrew O'Hagen. In the summer of 1976 Gary Gilmore robbed two men. Then he shot them in cold blood. For those murders Gilmore was sent to languish on Death Row - and could confidently expect his sentence to be commuted to life imprisonment. In America, no one had been executed for ten years. But Gary Gilmore wanted to die, and his ensuing battle with the authorities for the right to do so made him into a world-wide celebrity - and ensured that his execution turned into the most gruesome media event of the decade.

Language

Published on

07/06/1989

Pages

1062

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9780099688600

Price Comparison

16.99 £

21.99 €

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