American Minimalism: The Western Vernacular in Normal Mailer’s \u3cem\u3eThe Executioner’s Song\u3c/em\u3e

Compares Mailer’s minimalist approach in narration and authoritative presence to Hemingway’s “The Killers” and Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood (1965). Briefly analyzes similar thematic elements and speech patterns in the story to illustrate Hemingway’s influence on Mailer