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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
St Martins Pr
Publication date
October 1, 1990
Binding
Cassette/Spoken Word
Book category
Adult Fiction
ISBN-13
9781559270748
ISBN-10
1559270748
Dimensions
0.75 by 4.75 by 7.50 in.
Weight
0.30 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$15.95
Other format details
audio
§As reported by publisher
Summaries and Reviews
Amazon.com description: Product Description: Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer Prize
In what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer follows
the short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore, an intractably violent product of America's
prisons who became notorious for two reasons: first, for robbing two men in 1976, then
killing them in cold blood; and, second, after being tried and convicted, for insisting on
dying for his crime. To do so, he had to fight a system that seemed paradoxically intent on
keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death.
Norman Mailer tells Gilmore's story--and those of the men and women caught up in his
procession toward the firing squad--with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a
restraint that evokes the parched landscapes and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. The
Executioner's Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest sources of
American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement--impossible to put down, impossible to forget.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
In what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer follows
the short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore, an intractably violent product of America's
prisons who became notorious for two reasons: first, for robbing two men in 1976, then
killing them in cold blood; and, second, after being tried and convicted, for insisting on
dying for his crime. To do so, he had to fight a system that seemed paradoxically intent on
keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death.
Norman Mailer tells Gilmore's story--and those of the men and women caught up in his
procession toward the firing squad--with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a
restraint that evokes the parched landscapes and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. The
Executioner's Song is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest sources of
American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement--impossible to put down, impossible to forget.
From the Trade Paperback edition.
Editions
Hardcover
Reprint edition from Modern Library (June 1, 1993); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780679424710 | details & prices | 1002 pages | 5.75 × 8.25 × 1.50 in. | 2.15 lbs | List price $22.95
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
With Lucy Frank |
from Little Brown & Co (September 1, 1979); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780316544177 | details & prices | 1056 pages | List price $25.00
This edition also contains Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
This edition also contains Two Girls Staring at the Ceiling
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
Paperback
from Vintage Books (May 1, 1998); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780375700811 | details & prices | 1056 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 2.00 in. | 1.80 lbs | List price $18.00
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
Reissue edition from Grand Central Pub (June 1, 1982); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780446345217 | details & prices | 4.00 × 7.00 × 1.50 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $7.99
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
from Warner Books Inc (June 1, 1980)
9780446363532 | details & prices | List price N/A
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
About: A reconstruction of the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah where he was imprisoned, is based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials
Cassette/Spoken Word
The price comparison is for this edition
from St Martins Pr (October 1, 1990); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9781559270748 | details & prices | 4.75 × 7.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.30 lbs | List price $15.95
About: Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore, an intractably violent product of America'sprisons who became notorious for two reasons: first, for robbing two men in 1976, thenkilling them in cold blood; and, second, after being tried and convicted, for insisting ondying for his crime.
About: Winner of the 1980 Pulitzer PrizeIn what is arguably his greatest book, America's most heroically ambitious writer followsthe short, blighted career of Gary Gilmore, an intractably violent product of America'sprisons who became notorious for two reasons: first, for robbing two men in 1976, thenkilling them in cold blood; and, second, after being tried and convicted, for insisting ondying for his crime.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (October 1, 2000); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780606192170 | details & prices | 5.00 × 7.75 × 2.00 in. | 1.95 lbs | List price $27.91
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
Prebinding
from Turtleback Books (October 1, 1999); titled "The Executioner's Song"
9780613100878 | details & prices | 5.25 × 8.25 × 2.00 in. | 2.04 lbs | List price $30.60
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
About: Reconstructs the crime and fate of Gary Gilmore, the convicted murderer who sought his own execution in Utah, based on taped interviews with relatives, friends, lawyers, and law-enforcement officials.
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