Goodbye, Janette is a 1981 bestselling novel by Harold Robbins, and his 16th novel.
Though critically panned,(6 July 1981). Picks and Pans Review: Goodbye, Janette, People (magazine)(7 June 1981). Bad Smut, The New York TimesHoge, Tom (3 July 1981). Kinky Sex Dominates "Goodbye Janette", Lewiston Journal (Associated Press review)Holsopple, Barbara (7 June 1981). 'Goodbye, Janette' More Robbins, Pittsburgh Press it sold well. Over 77,000 copies were sold in the United Kingdom in ten days, and it had an advance printing of 3.75 million copies. The erotic novel concerns a woman and her daughters who survive a World War II prison camp and move into the world of high fashion,(2 June 1981). Notes on Fashion, The New York Times with liberal doses of sadomasochism in the plot.Wilson, Andrew. Harold Robbins: The Man Who Invented Sex, p. 245 (2007)
The novel ranked seventh on the Publishers Weekly bestseller list for 1981.
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