On June 2, 1975, Simon & Schuster published "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", the graphic story of Theresa Dunn, a damaged young woman who teaches children by day and cruises singles bars by night. After picking up a man at Mr. Goodbar, she is brutally murdered in her own bed. The book was an enormous critical and commercial success, selling some 4 million copies. It spent 36 weeks on the "New York Times" best seller list (three of which were at #1), becoming the fourth-highest selling novel of the year. Even "Time" magazine—rarely a champion of popular fiction—admitted, the book "richly deserves its success."