{"product_id":"jack-and-norman-hardcover","title":"Jack and Norman - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJerome Loving\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is the story of an author and his apprentice. It is the story of literary influence and tragedy. It is also the story of incarceration in America. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNorman Mailer was writing \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song, \u003c\/i\u003ehis novel about condemned killer Gary Gilmore, when he struck up a correspondence with Jack Henry Abbott, Federal Prisoner 87098-132. Over time, Abbott convinced the famous author that he was a talented writer who deserved another chance at freedom. With letters of support from Mailer and other literary elites of the day, Abbott was released on parole in 1981. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith Mailer's help, Abbott quickly became the literary \"it boy\" of New York City. But in a shocking turn of events, the day before a rave review of Abbott's book, \u003ci\u003eIn the Belly of the Beast, \u003c\/i\u003eappeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eNew York Times, \u003c\/i\u003eAbbott murdered a New York City waiter and fled to Mexico. Eerily, like Gary Gilmore in Mailer's true-life novel, Abbott killed within six weeks of his release from prison. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNow Jerome Loving explores the history of two of the most infamous books of the past 50 years, a fascinating story that has never before been told.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJEROME LOVING is the Distinguished Professor of English at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. Loving has taught as a visiting professor at the University of Texas in Austin and as a Fulbright Scholar at Leningrad State University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8.6 x 5.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 21, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42720379928639,"sku":"9781250106995","price":41.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/a2a979b8e12d8ad006e604aae3e3c165.webp?v=1765088953","url":"https:\/\/dhlswag.com\/products\/jack-and-norman-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}