false 12468 15 <i>The Executioner's Song</i> is a work of unprecedented force. It is the true story of Gary Gilmore, who in 1977 became the first person executed in the United States since the reinstitution of the death penalty. Gilmore, a violent yet articulate man who chose not to fight his death-penalty sentence, touched off a national debate about capital punishment. He allowed Norman Mailer and researcher Lawrence Schiller complete access to his story. Mailer took the material and produced an immense book with a dry, unwavering voice and meticulous attention to detail on Gilmore's life--particularly his relationship with Nicole Baker, whom Gilmore claims to have killed. What unfolds is a powerful drama, a distorted love affair, and a chilling look into the mind of a murderer in his countdown with a firing squad. 838965 1979 The Executioner's Song total:1977|5:783|4:701|3:378|2:91|1:24| 1977 8059 3244 243 4 6 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 09 11:41:01 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 12 10:51:07 -0700 2008
1100 pages! I've only read one longer book in my life, The Glass Bead Gam...more...]]> 5 3 false false Fri Jun 29 07:38:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 07:40:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Sun Sep 02 00:38:06 -0700 2007 Sun Sep 02 01:23:29 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 2 true false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Mon Apr 07 22:50:55 -0700 2008 Mon Apr 07 22:53:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 3 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 06:54:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 15 07:36:14 -0700 2008 Then, a few days ago, a sensation akin to exasperation and/or fatigue set in which I don't think related to the quality of Mailer...more...]]> 4 1 false true Mon Feb 25 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 06 21:44:26 -0800 2008 Mon Feb 25 20:17:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2003 Wed Aug 22 16:20:47 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 22 20:03:56 -0700 2007 I have never read anything by Mailer before, largely because I had an enduring vision of Mailer-the-po...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 20 07:27:41 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 08:19:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat May 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 13:41:16 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 14:17:06 -0700 2009 The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer saw through Gary Gilmore's eyes.

Mailer, in his in-depth fictionalization of the notorious Utah criminal, presents the acerbic retaliatory hatred displayed by Gary Gilmore, just as much as he could recreate the intense modalities of passion...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 05:49:33 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 06:06:08 -0700 2009 ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Feb 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:27:26 -0800 2009 Mon Feb 16 01:57:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Jun 17 08:13:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jun 28 16:12:52 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 12 08:33:12 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 21:01:49 -0700 2009
What I liked most about the book was how it made me think so much, even when I wasn't reading it. About the characters, capital punishment, relationships, the whole nine yards.

Noman Mailer must have spent countless, countless hours researc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 1986 Tue Dec 16 14:41:36 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 16 14:46:21 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 02 10:35:55 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 17 03:06:26 -0700 2009
Norman Mailer tells the story of "ex-convict turned murderer" Gary Gilmore, covering the nine months' time period from his release from prison throughout his attempted (and failed) rehabilitation by his Mor...more...]]> 1 0 false false Fri Oct 09 14:55:03 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 15:01:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Aug 07 19:23:15 -0700 2007 Mon May 26 19:40:14 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Jun 22 01:27:25 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 22 03:01:54 -0700 2008 4 0 false false Sat Jul 25 13:43:41 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 25 23:25:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 23 08:58:06 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 13:09:36 -0700 2009 more...]]>