{"product_id":"the-executioners-song-paperback","title":"The Executioner's Song - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDave Eggers\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer's Pulitzer Prize-winning and unforgettable classic about convicted killer Gary Gilmore now in a brand-new edition.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eArguably the greatest book from America's most heroically ambitious writer, \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e follows the short, blighted life of Gary Gilmore who became famous after he robbed two men in 1976 and killed them in cold blood. After being tried and convicted, he immediately insisted on being executed for his crime. To do so, he fought a system that seemed intent on keeping him alive long after it had sentenced him to death. And that fight for the right to die is what made him famous. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMailer tells not only Gilmore's story, but those of the men and women caught in the web of his life and drawn into his procession toward the firing squad. All with implacable authority, steely compassion, and a restraint that evokes the parched landscape and stern theology of Gilmore's Utah. \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks to the deepest source of American loneliness and violence. It is a towering achievement-impossible to put down, impossible to forget.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNorman Mailer\u003c\/b\u003e was born in 1923 in Long Branch, New Jersey, and grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1955, he was one of the co-founders of the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of more than thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Naked and the Dead\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Armies of the Night\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won a National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e, for which he won his second Pulitzer Prize; \u003ci\u003eHarlot's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eOswald's Tale\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Gospel According to the Son\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Castle and the Forest\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOn God\u003c\/i\u003e. He died in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDave Eggers\u003c\/b\u003e is the award-winning and bestselling author of many books, including the National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eA Hologram for the King\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as books for younger readers including \u003ci\u003eWhat Can a Citizen Do?, Her Right Foot, This Bridge Will Not Be Gray\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Lifters\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the founder of the independent publishing company McSweeney's and the nonprofit organization ScholarMatch, in addition to cofounding The International Congress of Youth Voices and 826 Valencia, which has inspired similar organizations worldwide. Eggers lives in Northern California.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1136\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 2.1 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 08, 2012\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Executioner's Song\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 58\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755901550880,"sku":"9780446584388","price":25.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/2c44152ef3650e8fabfc3a6f95fc8817.webp?v=1780070643","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-executioners-song-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}