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from Marlene-NL

on Saturday, December 13, 2008 I wrote about this book: What i did was I decided to read Shot at the heart first cause Norman Mailer's books starts much later when Gary is an adult and gets paroled. Mikal's book starts from way before. With the grandparents of Gary, then his parents story and aft...

from Marlene-NL

Wow. What a beautiful book. At the end I was crying. Norman Mailer ,made me feel like I was there with Gary and the others during the execution.At the same time I was reading Shot at the Heart by Mikal's Brother which gave me even more insight into the family and Gary. I wish I could find picture...

from dogearedpage

I read this at least 20 years ago and it is as fresh in my memory as last week. A very powerful look at what it means to be a killer. Sort of like "In Cold Blood" but I think Mailer did a much better job of telling us who the man was that did this horrible thing. Gary Gilmore is a name I will not...

from davidabrams

For the moment, let's set aside the fact vs. fiction argument raging on either side of Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song" and face up to one simple fact: this is one FANTASTIC read! Some folks have even called it a "masterpiece." I'm not going to try and talk anyone out of the "M" word. As ...

from araridan

The Executioner's Song is essentially the true story of Gary Gilmore, a murderer sentenced to death in Utah during the mid-1970s. The story is easy to get sucked into, the way one would follow a trashy Enquirer story or celebrity scandal, explaining why even at over 1000 pages I finished this boo...