78.5

“The Many Marriages of Norman Mailer.” Article-interview by Kay Longcope. Boston Globe, 11 December, 1, 16. Alternating comment on their failed marriage from Beverly Bentley and Mailer, who summed up: “If I am a prisoner of wedlock, I’m a recidivist. Some people are criminals, some are criminal conformists. I’m in the second category.” See 78.4, 79.2, 79.3, 79.5, 79.8, 80.13.