Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

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Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

Regular price €11.49
Condition - very good
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Regular price €11.49
Condition - very good
6 in stock
Summary

Mikal Gilmore comes from a family haunted by death, brooding on violence and fixated by its own legends. This family saga is not only about violence and death. It is also the story of how one son preserved himself from his family and the emotional cost of remaining separate from them.

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Shot in the Heart by Mikal Gilmore

Mikal Gilmore comes from an extraordinary family, a family haunted by death, brooding on violence and fixated by its own legends. His brother was the murderer, Gary Gilmore, shot to death by a firing squad in Utah in 1977 and the subject of Norman Mailer's subsequent novel and film, "The Executioner's Song". By then his eldest brother had already died of alcoholism and stab wounds and the third brother was to disappear over the horizon, his fate unknown. It is possible that his brothers' fascination with lives of violence was inherited from his mother's fears. Bessie Gilmore believed that the family was haunted. She was taken as a child to witness a public hanging of a murderer, and the event fascinated and terrified her for the rest of her life. She believed that public killings unleashed the demons of the hanged murderers and that these demons flew from the gaping mouths of the dying men into somebody in the crowd. It was her belief that such a spirit had sprung into her. This a real-life family saga, but it is not only about violence and death. It is also the story of how one son preserved himself from his family and the emotional cost of remaining separate from them. This son is the author of the book.
SKU GOR003036214
ISBN 13 9780670843046
ISBN 10 0670843040
Title Shot in the Heart
Author Mikal Gilmore
Condition very good
Binding type Hardback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 1994-07-07
Number of pages 416
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
Note This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us