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In this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States.

The Executioner's Song, Norman Mailer's brilliant, Pulitzer Prize-winning story of the crimes and punishment of a 20th-century murderer and thief, is what the author calls a "true-life novel." It is a horrifying, sad, scrupulously detailed look at the events leading up to the... Read Full Overview

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW O'HAGAN

The story of Gary Gilmore, a man in the State Penitentiary of Utah who chose death over endless appeals and an anguished wait on death row. The incredible story, based on hundreds of interviews, focuses on the nine months from the day Gilmore is freed from jail in Indiana.