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The brother of Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized in Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song, tells the stunning story of their wildly ... Show synopsis

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Overall customer rating: 4.401
leevyne

Heart Song

by leevyne on Sep 27, 2012

The younger brother of executed Utah multiple murderer Gary Gilmore (see Norman Mailer's THE EXECUTIONER'S SONG) tells the family story from the inside, beautifully and poignantly. Suggest reading Mailer's much longer work for details, this one for close-to-the-bone emotion. More

Louie R

Great read!

by Louie R on Apr 26, 2012

Well written bio on an incredibly dysfuctional family. Easy to see how Gilmore grew up to become the abnormal, impaired person he became. A must read for people who don't understand how dangerous & demented people are created by aberrant parents. Made me want to start contributing more finacial ... More

TheDistrist

I do not understand?

by TheDistrist on Dec 13, 2009

As much as I believe in the prospective that one must pay for their actions, it seems extremely hypocritical for a person to say in one breath that they do not feel sorry for a person who has been given the death penalty. While I have a neutral view on the death penalty, one has to think about the ... More

cruzin

Great read

by cruzin on Apr 3, 2007

An excellent book. If you have read Executioner's Song you will enjoy reading this side of Gary Gilmore as well. More

beatbookshop

shot

by beatbookshop on Apr 1, 2007

I loved this book and also found it incredibly informative and compulsively readable, it first appeared as an article in Granta magazine in the issue titled "FAMILY they @#$% you up," (explative deleted) I found the original article to be better than the book and better than the expanded article that ... More

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