Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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| Author | Judith Rossner |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster |
| Publication date | May 1975 |
| Media type | Print (Hardback & Paperback) |
| Pages | 284 p. (hardback edition) |
| ISBN | ISBN 0-671-22025-X (hardback edition) & ISBN 0-671-73575-6 (paperback edition) |
- This article is about the novel; for the 1977 film, see Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film)
Looking for Mr. Goodbar is a 1975 novel by Judith Rossner. Rossner based the novel on the events surrounding the brutal murder of Roseann Quinn, a 28-year-old New York City schoolteacher in 1973. The film was nominated for the Best Supporting Actress and Cinematography Academy Awards. It also was nominated for the Best Actress Golden Globe; and received a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for Best Drama Adapted from Another Medium.
[edit] Plot summary
The novel's protagonist is a school teacher named Theresa. She often visits bars late at night when she is unable to sleep, picking up random men. After she has sex with them, she makes them leave; she never lets a man spend an entire night with her. The man who kills her does so after being told to leave, and becomes so infuriated that he hits her over the head with a lamp, smothers her with a pillow, and stabs her repeatedly while raping her. He views himself as being her victim.
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