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==Background==
==Background==
During this time, Norman Mailer would often partake in many types of drugs and alcohol.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} Mailer also had a short temper and would frequently engage in head-butting, arm-wrestling, and random punch-throwing.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} For much of the '50s, he drifted, frequently drunk or stoned or both.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} The Mailers had been married for six years. Norman was waiting on a hearing of a charge of disorderly conduct.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} He had gotten into a tussle over a tab of $7.60 a week before at Birdland.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Adele told the arresting detectives the night of November 20th that he had been displaying "homicidal tendencies".{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Their family had been attempting to get him to see a psychiatrist.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Time after time, his wife saw how toxic, pugnacious, and depressed Norman could be.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} Everyone and everything became targets.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} Their marriage was no exception.{{sfn|Moore |2020}}
During the 50's and 60's, Norman Mailer would often partake in many types of drugs and alcohol.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} Mailer also had a short temper and would frequently engage in head-butting, arm-wrestling, and random punch-throwing.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} For much of the '50s, he drifted, frequently drunk or stoned or both.{{sfn|McGrath|2007|}} This is due to his habit of overspending and recent projects not preforming as well as his previous works.{{sfn|Manand|2013}}
 
The Mailers had been married for six years. Norman was waiting on a hearing of a charge of disorderly conduct.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} He had gotten into a tussle over a tab of $7.60 a week before at a jazz club called Birdland.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Adele told the arresting detectives the night of November 20th that he had been displaying "homicidal tendencies".{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Their family had been attempting to get him to see a psychiatrist.{{sfn|Moberley|2015|}} Time after time, his wife saw how toxic, pugnacious, and depressed Norman could be.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} Everyone and everything became targets.{{sfn|Moore |2020}} Their marriage was no exception.{{sfn|Moore |2020}}


==The Incident==
==The Incident==
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