Shot in the Heart

Gilmore, Mikal

ISBN 10: 0385422938 / ISBN 13: 9780385422932

Published by Doubleday, New York, 1994

About this Item

xii, [404p.] 1st printing. Signed by author on title page. Haunting story of Rolling Stone magazine feature writer Gilmore's family and his brother Gary. Bottom page edges lightly soiled, clear jacket is rubbed with spine sunned. Jacket design by Whitney G. Cookman. (9-1/2"x6-1/2"). Seller Inventory # H7462

Bibliographic Details

Title: Shot in the Heart

Publisher: Doubleday, New York

Publication Date: 1994

Binding: Pictorial Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

Signed: Signed by Author(s)

Edition: First Edition, Stated.

About this title

Synopsis:

The brother of Gary Gilmore, the convicted and executed killer of The Executioner's Song, chronicles his family's story, tracing the hidden secrets and disappointments, the hatred and the sense of retribution, that shaped his brother's grim life. 200,000 first printing. $200,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Review:

"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.