Jack and Norman
A State-Raised Convict and the Legacy of Norman Mailer's "The Executioner's Song"
This is the story of an author and his apprentice. It is the story of literary influence and tragedy. It is also the story of incarceration in America.Norman Mailer was writing The Executioner's Song, his novel about condemned killer Gary Gilmore, when he struck up a correspondence with Jack Henry Abbott, Federal Prisoner 87098-132. Over time, Abbott convinced the famous author that he was a talented writer who deserved another chance at freedom. With letters of support from Mailer and other literary elites of the day, Abbott was released on parole in 1981. With Mailer's help, Abbott quickly became the literary it boy of New York City. But in…
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- ISBN: 978-1-250-10700-8
- EAN: 9781250107008
- Produktnummer: 22460152
- Verlag: St. Martin's Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 256 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 7'987 KB
- Abbildungen: Plus one 8-page black-and-white photograph insert
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Jerome Loving
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