In The Executioner's Song, Mailer narrates the life of condemned murderer Gary Gilmore and of the age in which he grows to kill. Much of the early part of the book concerns Gilmore's parole and his inability to adjust to life outside of prison. He is a solitary character who finds it virtually impossible to connect solidly with other people.
Many of the people he meets share a similar fate. There is not only Gary's girlfriend.....
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