"The Executioner's Song"

Reading Level- 6.3 “The Executioner’s Song”
Author- Norman Mailer Rating- Excellent
Nonfiction

Setting: This book is placed all over the northwest United States, but takes place mostly in Provo, Idaho. It spans through several years of Gary Gilmore’s life, and others’. The main story, though, takes place from 1974-1977.
Summary: A man named Gary Gilmore has been imprisoned for over ¾ of his life, and on his parole date, he is granted parole. He moves in with his uncle Vern and aunt Ida. They care for him and try to rehabilitate him to life in his age. But, Gary doesn’t catch on and becomes an evil to society by always getting in fights and pulling off serious crimes. All this continues, even at the pleading of his family to stop, until a young woman named Nicole Barrett came into his life. She completely transforms him into a gentle, loving man. But, as time goes on, he becomes actively violent again and Nicole, whom he cared for over all things, was force...