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The Executioner's Song

The Executioner's Song

by Norman Mailer

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appears in Crime, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.

Norman Mailer's Pulitzer Prizewinning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brandnew edition.Arguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold ...

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appears in Crime, Mystery & Crime, and Fiction.

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