The Executioner's Song
American novelist, 1923–2007. Won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1980.
The Executioner's Song is a 1979 non-fiction novel by Norman Mailer. It won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1980.
On 3 of the 17 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Norman Mailer
- First published
- 1979
- Length
- 1088 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner, 1980
- National Book Award for Fiction shortlist, 1980
- Genre
- Literary fiction, Crime, Class and society
Is The Executioner's Song worth reading?
3 of the 17 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and the National Book Award for Fiction.
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| National Book Award for Fiction (winners and finalists) (National Book Foundation, 1980) | Shortlist | See the list |
| Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (winners and finalists) (Columbia University, 1980) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 greatest novels of all time (The Observer, 2003) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of The Executioner's Song
The edition we link to is the Vintage Classics paperback (1989), 1088 pages.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics (paperback, 1989)
- Pages
- 1088
- ISBN
- 9780099688600
How critics, prizes and readers rate The Executioner's Song
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 83% of the points available on prize lists, against 7% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work