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David Shields

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Mailer’s Muddled Methods

By John Lingan ⋅ February 25, 2010 ⋅ One comment

The Executioner’s Song is simultaneously more explicitly journalistic (nearly every line of dialogue seems pulled right from an interview, as do many of the physical descriptions) and more authorially neutral. I was expecting something a little more opinionated about the death penalty itself, and was surprised by how nonjudgmental Mailer remained throughout.

Sacrifices on the Altar of Plot

By Scott Esposito ⋅ February 24, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

For what it’s worth, I think I have a little bit more tolerance for plot than Shields does, but just a smidgen.

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