Reviews

• 「死刑禁止令」を撤回させることになった殺人事件

  １９７０年代に実際に起こったユタ州の犯罪事件を追跡した、完全ドキュメンタリー小説。実際にその場にいたのではないかと思わず疑ってしまうほどの正確なメイラーの状況描写振りには、まったく脱帽。映画化もされている。

• Excellent

  But needlessly long. Minute detail on meaningless characters. Could have been half as long and twice as riveting. But worth the effort.

• Wonderful book

  Beautifully written, this is my favourite of Mailer's books. Even more powerful is Gilmore's brother's (Mikal, a Rolling Stone journalist) account of his family story. It is called 'Shot in the Heart' and is the most heart-rending true story of abuse and pain and the different ways people deal with pain that I have ever read. It also contains the creepies and most believable ghost story I have ever read.

• Classic masterpiece

  Had a copy which I read while back in school. Unfortunately as time goes on we move to the latest hot bestseller. This book should be on school curriculum everywhere as it gives insight how society can help create sociopathic criminals. It's still a facinating read that makes you not put it down. It is also important as it may get readers to try other books by Norman Mailer. An author who at the time was a cultural icon. Take the chance buy the book and read away

• BEST BOOK I HAVE EVER READ

  I purchased this book from Amazon in 2020 and read it for the first time back then. I'm an attorney and found the discussions about the legal system and legal process in Utah to be fascinating. The entire story, although extremely sad from all perspectives, shows that truth IS much more interesting than fiction, at least in my opinion. Yes, it's a BIG book at 1,086 pages, but I was riveted by the true story and Mailer's way of telling it and so it seemed like a fast read to me. I picked it up off my shelf again about a year ago and started to leaf through it and ended up reading it again from start to finish. I usually donate my used paper-back books to charity, but this one I will keep and will likely read yet again. I may see if there are any hard-cover versions available which I would like to add to my permanent library.

• I liked more the part about if one should or not appel when sentenced to death penalty

  It was very interesting the argument that it has to be an appel when someone is setenced to death, with his concent or not.

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