{"product_id":"jack-and-norman-jerome-loving-9781250106995","title":"Jack and Norman","description":"\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jerome Loving\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1250106990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250106995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e St. Martins Press-3PL\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/21\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.80w x 1.10d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/14\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/15\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 28\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2017 pg. 98","brand":"Jerome Loving","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43924553826559,"sku":"9781250106995","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_675880e5-9adf-4062-a3ec-81c9a41c0e67.jpg?v=1681072094","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/jack-and-norman-jerome-loving-9781250106995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}