by Mikal Gilmore · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140166705
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«Shot in the Heart: One Family's History in Murder» is a work of true crime and memoir by Mikal Gilmore, published by Penguin in paperback (592 pages).
Mikal Gilmore, younger brother of murderer Gary Gilmore, reconstructs the origin of the violence that marked his family: abuse, alcoholism and ruin across several generations. The author narrates from within the story of a crime that made him the favourite son and brother of a condemned man, in a portrait of the family inheritance of tragedy.
Originally published in 1994, this Penguin edition appeared in 1995. It won the National Book Critics Circle Award and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize.
Suitable for readers of non-fiction and true crime, with an interest in family stories; it is a regular title in reading clubs.
