{"product_id":"jack-and-norman","title":"Jack and Norman","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eJack and Norman\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eJerome Loving\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781250106995\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eThomas Dunne Books\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2017\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e256\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eExcellent, unmarked copy with little wear and tight binding. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\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\n\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.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Thomas Dunne Books","offers":[{"title":"Jack and Norman | Jerome Loving | Hardcover | 9781250106995 | Used: Like New | Back Stacks G 1766635","offer_id":49376944554136,"sku":"1766635","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81MknenXcyL.jpg?v=1783023477","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/jack-and-norman","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}