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Mailer had decided to run for Mayor of New York.{{cn}} On November 19th, 1960, in an effort to boost the campaign, the Mailers hosted a party.{{cn}}{{Copy edit inline}} The attendees of this event however would be given a clear insight into Mailer's irregular mental state at the time, as it was reported that alongside the formal guests, many individuals had come straight from the streets.{{sfn|National Post|2015}} As the hours passed, many of the guests including Mailer had become heavily intoxicated, and quarrels broke out. {{sfn|Mills|1982|p=221|}} An argument between Mailer and his sister regarding the campaign came up, resulting in Mailer assaulting her.{{cn}} The Mailer couple themselves began arguing when Adele Morales tried to defend her. Mailer had begun physically attacking the other guests and then proceeded to leave and fight those who were not involved with the party.{{cn}} When he had returned at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses say that Morales taunted Mailer's masculinity and literary talents during their argument.{{cn}} | Mailer had decided to run for Mayor of New York.{{cn}} On November 19th, 1960, in an effort to boost the campaign, the Mailers hosted a party.{{cn}}{{Copy edit inline}} The attendees of this event however would be given a clear insight into Mailer's irregular mental state at the time, as it was reported that alongside the formal guests, many individuals had come straight from the streets.{{sfn|National Post|2015}}. Mailer cursed and told the crowd to shut up when being interrupted{{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. He shouted: “You’re nothing but a bunch of spoiled pigs!” {{sfn|Schwartzman |2019}}. As the hours passed, many of the guests including Mailer had become heavily intoxicated, and quarrels broke out. {{sfn|Mills|1982|p=221|}} An argument between Mailer and his sister regarding the campaign came up, resulting in Mailer assaulting her.{{cn}} The Mailer couple themselves began arguing when Adele Morales tried to defend her. Mailer had begun physically attacking the other guests and then proceeded to leave and fight those who were not involved with the party.{{cn}} When he had returned at around 4:30 a.m., witnesses say that Morales taunted Mailer's masculinity and literary talents during their argument.{{cn}} | ||
Angered, he grabbed a penknife and then proceeded to stab Morales once in the back and once in the upper abdomen, narrowly avoiding her heart.{{cn}} As she lay there, hemorrhaging, a man at the party came to assist her and Mailer snapped, saying "Get away from her. Let the bitch die."{{sfn|Hari|2007}}. Before being stabbed in the back and the breast, she yelled “Toro! Toro!” to further ridicule Mailer’s bullfighter fetish, their routine of making public displays of their distress hit bottom. In a blind rage, Mailer thrust with a penknife and in two striking blows. {{sfn|Moore |2020}} | Angered, he grabbed a penknife and then proceeded to stab Morales once in the back and once in the upper abdomen, narrowly avoiding her heart.{{cn}} As she lay there, hemorrhaging, a man at the party came to assist her and Mailer snapped, saying "Get away from her. Let the bitch die."{{sfn|Hari|2007}}. Before being stabbed in the back and the breast, she yelled “Toro! Toro!” to further ridicule Mailer’s bullfighter fetish, their routine of making public displays of their distress hit bottom. In a blind rage, Mailer thrust with a penknife and in two striking blows. {{sfn|Moore |2020}} | ||
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*{{cite web |last=Menand |fist=Louis |url=}https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/the-norman-invasion |title=The Norman Invasion(The Crazy Career of Norman Mailer) |date=October 15, 2013 |work=The New Yorker |access-date=2013-09-15}} | *{{cite web |last=Menand |fist=Louis |url=}https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/the-norman-invasion |title=The Norman Invasion(The Crazy Career of Norman Mailer) |date=October 15, 2013 |work=The New Yorker |access-date=2013-09-15}} | ||
* {{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/celebrity/the-point-of-no-return-came-when-norman-mailer-stabbed-her-for-saying-he-wasnt-as-good-as-dostoyevsky |title=The Point of No Return Came When Norman Mailer Stabbed Her For Saying He Wasn't as Good as Dostoyevsky |date=Nov 24, 2015 |website=National Post |access-date=2022-09-21 }} | * {{cite web |url=https://nationalpost.com/entertainment/celebrity/the-point-of-no-return-came-when-norman-mailer-stabbed-her-for-saying-he-wasnt-as-good-as-dostoyevsky |title=The Point of No Return Came When Norman Mailer Stabbed Her For Saying He Wasn't as Good as Dostoyevsky |date=Nov 24, 2015 |website=National Post |access-date=2022-09-21 }} | ||
* {{cite web |last=Paul |first=Schwartzman |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/06/15/f-bombs-insults-norman-mailers-epic-run-mayor-new-york/ |title= F-bombs and insults: Norman Mailer’s epic run for mayor of New York in 1969 |date=June 15,2019 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=2022-10-19 }} | |||
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