Joan Didion's review of this novel is titled for the sentence "Unless it's a joke or something, I want to go ahead and do it," and describes how one character boards a six-seat plane with a bread-bag containing the central character's ashes, which are scattered in the sky.
One character in this novel gets gang-banged while her father is on leave in Honolulu. Joan Didion's review of this novel is titled for the sentence "Unless it's a joke or something, I want to go ahead and do it," and describes how one character boards a six-seat plane with a bread-bag containing the central character's ashes, which are scattered in the sky. The first chapter of this novel describes an incident in which a six-year old girl falls from an apple tree and is caught by the main character. This book is equally divided into two portions called "Western Voices" and "Eastern Voices." The reporter Lawrence Schiller collects the story of the central character, who arrives in Provo, Utah to live with his cousin Brenda Nicol, has a brief fling with Nicole Baker Barrett, and then murders Max Jensen and Benny Bushnell. For 10 points, identify this novel about death row inmate Gary Gilmore, written by Norman Mailer.
One character in this novel gets gang-banged while her father is on leave in Honolulu.
The Executioner's Song