{"product_id":"the-executioners-song-9780446584388","title":"The Executioner's Song","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn this Pulitzer Prize-winning classic, a convicted killer becomes the first prisoner to be executed in the United States.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e follows the true story of cold-blooded murderer Gary Gilmore, who, after being tried and convicted, insisted on being executed for his crimes. To do so, he fought a system intent on keeping him alive long after it sentenced him to death. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Norman Mailer tells Gilmore's story with impressive authority and compassion. \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song\u003c\/i\u003e is a trip down the wrong side of the tracks, right into the heart of American loneliness and violence-it is impossible to put down and difficult to forget.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Grand Central Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50617132646674,"sku":"9780446584388","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_898f9f20-e695-4483-8fbf-6c7654bcec85.jpg?v=1732512318","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-executioners-song-9780446584388","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}