Looking for Mr. Goodbar to these events, which the book details, Theresa is a child suffering from ugly duckling syndrome, followed by an ordeal as an adult in college in which she is engaged in a committed relationship with a married man who is using her as a companion. The relationship ends, and Theresa experiences a bevy of sexual encounters that are fleeting and pathological. By 1973, having published three novels, Judith Rossner was a writer of "impeccable literary credentials." Invited by Nora Ephron to contribute to a special women's issue of "Esquire" magazine, Rossner wrote an article about a real-life murder that had
William Atherton He got his big break playing hapless fugitive Clovis Poplin in "The Sugarland Express" (1974), the feature film debut of Steven Spielberg. After this, he garnered major roles in dark dramas such as "The Day of the Locust" (1975) and "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1977), as well as the big-budget disaster film "The Hindenburg" (1975). Atherton also starred as cowboy Jim Lloyd in the miniseries "Centennial" (1978), based on the novel by James Michener. Atherton appeared in the comedy "Ghostbusters" (1984) as the EPA agent Walter Peck. Martha Coolidge chose Atherton to play Professor Jerry Hathaway in the teen comedy