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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.”

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