Norman Mailer: Works and Days

Johnny Reeferseed

Barbara Amiel's Maclean's report on the Canadian drug-smuggling trial of Robert Rowbotham, at which Mailer testified for the defense; his full testimony is transcribed in 78.1.

“Johnny Reeferseed,” an article by Barbara Amiel in Maclean’s (13 June 1977), reporting the Canadian trial of Robert Rowbotham for smuggling hashish, at which Mailer appeared as a witness for the defense. Rowbotham was convicted and given a fourteen-year sentence; the complete transcript of Mailer’s testimony appears as “On Weed and Karma” (78.1).

First published: 1977-06-13
Form: article
Lennon & Lennon: 77.3
Cite as: /works/1977-06-13-johnny-reeferseed
Last updated: 2026-06-05