"The Executioner's Song" -- One of the great American books

I am reminded of my otherworldly experience reading this astonishingly great book over fifteen years ago because today, January 17th 2009, is the 32nd anniversary of the execution of convicted killer Gary Gilmore in Utah.

Norman Mailer wrote "Song", with the assistance of his researcher Lawrence Schiller, about Gilmore, the first person put to death in the United States in a decade.

I can't praise "Song" highly enough, and hope to have time in the near future to reread this classic. If you haven't read it, you should!