![]() ![]() This copy inscribed by the author on the second flyleaf "For the Handsomest / Sales Manager / in New York / Judy" - apparently a friend as well, as, while we find other instances where she signed as "Judy" it appears uncommon. Goodbar" would be made into a film by Paramount in 1977, starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere, to mixed reviews but commercial success. Goodbar" was an immediate, and enormous, success, becoming the fourth-highest selling novel of that year, with "Time Magazine" stating that the book "richly deserves its success" (n.b., per Wiki).īased on the true story of a schoolteacher who was murdered in 1973 by a man she met in a singles bar, the story interested Judith Rossner (1935-2005) whose previous three novels had not sold well, although she was admired by the critics. ![]() 1 on the New York Times bestseller list for three weeks - and on the list for thirty-six weeks - "Looking for Mr. First printing, octavo size, 284 pp., inscribed by Judith Rossner. ![]()
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