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Loving, Jerome, 1941-
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Mailer, Norman -- Friends and associates.
Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944-
Mailer, Norman. Executioner's song.
Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944- In the belly of the beast.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Murderers -- United States -- Biography.
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Loving, Jerome, 1941-
Mailer, Norman -- Friends and associates.
Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944-
Mailer, Norman. Executioner's song.
Abbott, Jack Henry, 1944- In the belly of the beast.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Murderers -- United States -- Biography.
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Jack
and Norman : a state-raised convict and the legacy of Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song / Jerome Loving.
by
Loving, Jerome, 1941-
Thomas Dunne Books, c2017.
Call #:
813.54 L911j
Subjects
Mailer, Norman -- Friends and associates.
Abbott
,
Jack
Henry
,
1944-
Mailer, Norman. Executioner's song.
Abbott
,
Jack
Henry
,
1944-
In the
belly
of the
beast
.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
Journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Prisoners -- United States -- Biography.
Murderers -- United States -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781250106995 (hc)
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xiv, 240 p., [8 ] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Gilmore in the Flesh -- Partners in Crime -- Eastern State Penitentiary -- Marion Federal Prison -- Raised in a Box -- The Prison Movement in the 1970s -- His Own Voice -- State-Raised Convict -- Gilmore in Texas -- The Executioner's Song: Circumstance, Substance, and Reception -- Utah State -- A Light at the End of the Tunnel -- No Paradiso -- In the
Belly
of the
Beast
: An Analysis and Autopsy -- Running -- The 60 Minutes Interview -- His Grandmother's Orchard --
Jack
's Return.
Summary:
"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 a shocking turn of events, the day before a rave review of
Abbott
's book, In the
Belly
of the
Beast
, appeared in The New York Times,
Abbott
murdered a New York City waiter and fled to Mexico. Eerily, like Gary Gilmore in Mailer's true-life novel,
Abbott
killed within six weeks of his release from prison. Now distinguished professor Jerome Loving explores the history of two of the most infamous books of the past 50 years..."--From publisher.
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