The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

by Norman Mailer
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Publisher:
Random House
Genre:Capital punishment
Language: en
Published:1991
ISBN13:9780099688600
ISBN10:0099688603

About the Book

A Pulitzer Prize-winning account of murderer Gary Gilmore's desire to die. In 1976 he robbed two men and then shot them in cold blood. His subsequent battle with the authorities for the right to die made him a worldwide celebrity and ensured that his execution turned into a gruesome media event.