Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Mailer's Sentence: Good Behavior

Judy Michaelson's New York Post report on the suspended sentence Mailer received for stabbing Adele Morales with a penknife on 20 November 1960. Asked for comment, Mailer said, 'I feel singularly inarticulate today.' Cross-references to the 1960 entries.

“Mailer’s Sentence: Good Behavior.” Article by Judy Michaelson. New York Post, 13 November 1961, 5.

Report on the suspended sentence Mailer received for stabbing Adele with a penknife on 20 November 1960. Asked to comment on the court’s action, Mailer said, “I feel singularly inarticulate today.” See 1960 entries (60.10a60.10h). The sentence places Mailer on three years’ probation (cf. JML Days revised, 2-26-17).

First published: 1961-11-13
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 61.20
Cite as: /works/1961-11-13-mailers-sentence-good-behavior
Last updated: 2026-05-26