The Executioner’s Song

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The Executioner’s Song is a Pulitzer Prize–winning nonfiction novel by Norman Mailer that chronicles the life, crimes, and execution of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore.

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instanceOf nonfiction novel
true crime book
about executions by firing squad in Utah
first U.S. execution after 1972–1976 death penalty moratorium
author Norman Mailer
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
basedOn real events
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
firstPublicationPlace United States of America
surface form: United States
genre biographical literature
nonfiction
true crime
hasAdaptation The Executioner’s Song self-linksurface differs
surface form: The Executioner’s Song (1982 film)
hasISBN 0316544960
hasPart “Eastern Voices” section
“Western Voices” section
inception 1970s
language English
literaryAwardYear 1980
literaryForm documentary novel
reportage
mainSubject Gary Gilmore
Utah criminal justice system
capital punishment in the United States
murder
mediaType print
narrativeFocus crimes of Gary Gilmore
life of Gary Gilmore
trial and execution of Gary Gilmore
notableCharacter Gary Gilmore
Nicole Baker
Vern Damico
pageCount over 1000 pages
placeOfSetting Provo, Utah
Salt Lake City
surface form: Salt Lake City, Utah

Utah
publicationDate 1979
publisher Little, Brown and Company
setInPeriod 1970s
theme American criminal justice system
death penalty
media and crime
personal responsibility
violence in American society
timeSpanCovered 1976

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The Executioner’s Song hasAdaptation The Executioner’s Song self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: The Executioner’s Song (1982 film)
Norman Mailer notableWork The Executioner’s Song
Mailer notableWork The Executioner’s Song
subject surface form: Norman Mailer
this entity surface form: The Executioner's Song