The 1000-page song 7/10 ‘The Executioner’s Song‘ was one of two non-fiction works, along with ‘Armies of the Night‘, that won Norman Mailer the Pulitzer Prize. Is it an archetypally weighty tome for an author who seemed to pride himself on tacking the big subjects of his era with bawdy gusto. It concerns itself with [...]
Norman Mailer – The Executioner’s Song
February 23rd, 2008 · No Comments · Non-fiction
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