{"product_id":"shot-in-the-heart-by-mikal-gilmore-3383ai","title":"Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore","description":"\u003cp\u003eNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER ? A murder tale from inside the house where murder is born. Haunting, harrowing, and profoundly affecting, Shot in the Heart exposes and explores a dark vein of American life that most of us would rather ignore. It is a book that will leave no reader unchanged.  Gary Gilmore, the infamous murderer immortalized by Norman Mailer in The Executioner's Song, campaigned for his own death and was executed by firing squad in 1977. Writer Mikal Gilmore is his younger brother. In Shot in the Heart, he tells the stunning story of their wildly dysfunctional family: their mother, a black sheep daughter of unforgiving Mormon farmers; their father, a drunk, thief, and con man. It was a family destroyed by a multigenerational history of child abuse, alcoholism, crime, adultery, and murder.   Mikal, burdened with the guilt of being his father's favorite and the shame of being Gary's brother, gracefully and painfully relates his story from inside the house where murder is born... a house that, in some ways, [he has] never been able to leave. Shot in the Heart is the history of an American family inextricably tied up with violence, and the story of how the children of this family committed murder and murdered themselves in payment for a long lineage of ruin.  Editorial Reviews  NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER ? WINNER OF THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE  One of the most beautifully written, moving nonfiction books published in the past five years. - Deidre Donahue, USA Today.  Remarkable, astonishing... Shot in the Heart reads like a combination of Brothers Karamazov and a series of Johnny Cash ballads... chilling, heartbreaking, and alarming. - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.   Mesmerizing... riveting and immensely moving... Shot in the Heart is a gesture of sustained courage that just happens to be a page-turner. - Daphne Merkin,The New Yorker. - From the Publisher  This L.A. Times award winner by the brother of murderer Gary Gilmore tells a multigenerational tale of familial abuse. (Sept.) - Publishers Weekly - Publisher's Weekly  Although this abridgment lacks much of the detail of the printed version (LJ 5\/15\/94), it remains an engrossing account of the family history of convicted murderer Gary Gilmore (protagonist of Norman Mailer's The Executioner's Song). The author, the youngest brother of the Gilmore clan, chronicles the lives of his parents and brothers based on his own recollections as well as facts uncovered by interviews with family members and acquaintances. The story's appeal lies in its chronicling of the history of a career criminal who made headlines by refusing to appeal his execution. However, it has more widespread and personal appeal as a tale of family conflict and marital discord and the effects of parental violence on children. Will Patton's narration, with its deliberate pace and quiet tone, evokes the sorrow and mystery surrounding a troubled family. Highly recommended.-Catherine Swenson, Norwich Univ. Lib., Northfield, Vt. - Library Journal\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Express","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41843449102410,"sku":"3383ai","price":10.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/9101\/8826\/files\/3383ai.jpg?v=1764501038","url":"https:\/\/www.bookexpress.nz\/products\/shot-in-the-heart-by-mikal-gilmore-3383ai","provider":"Book Express","version":"1.0","type":"link"}