An Interview with Norman Mailer (Aldridge)
John W. Aldridge's Partisan Review interview on the narrative challenges of The Executioner's Song; Gilmore 'embodied many of the themes I've been living with all my life.'
“An Interview with Norman Mailer,” by John W. Aldridge in Partisan Review 47 (July 1980), focused on the narrative opportunities and challenges of The Executioner’s Song (79.14). Mailer again compares it with Capote’s In Cold Blood and notes that Gilmore was an appealing character “because he embodied many of the themes I’ve been living with all my life.” Reprinted in Conversations with Norman Mailer (88.6).
Related pages
- The Executioner’s Song (79.14) | John W. Aldridge | 1980
- Norman Mailer: Gary Gilmore and Cornish Game Hens Are on His Mind These Days (79.1) | Mailer on Gilmore (80.1) | Norman Mailer (85.15)
- Conversations with Norman Mailer (88.6)