Jack and Norman

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Beschreibung

<p>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.<br><br>Norman Mailer was writing <i>The Executioner's Song, </i>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. <br><br>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, <i>In the Belly of the Beast, </i>appeared in <i>The</i> <i>New York Times, </i>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. <br><br>Now Jerome Loving explores the history of two of the most infamous books of the past 50 years, a fascinating story that has never before been told.</p>

Artikeldetails

EAN

9781250106995

Sprache

Englisch

Einband / Art

Buch

Maße

222 x 145 x 19 mm

Erscheinungsjahr

2017

Verlag / Hersteller

St. Martins Press-3PL