I'll Take Manhattan

{{Short description|1986 novel by Judith Krantz}}

{{About|the novel|the miniseries|I'll Take Manhattan (miniseries)}}

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{{Infobox book

| name = I'll Take Manhattan

| image = I'll Take Manhattan book cover.png

| alt =

| caption = First edition cover

| author = Judith Krantz

| country = United States

| language = English

| publisher = Crown Publishers

| pub_date = April 20, 1986

| media_type = Print (hardback and paperback)

| pages = 437

| isbn = 978-0-5175-6110-2

}}

I'll Take Manhattan is a 1986 novel by American author Judith Krantz,{{cite news|last=Dullea|first=Georgia|title=At Party for Judith Krantz, Life Imitates Art|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/02/style/at-party-for-judith-krantz-life-imitates-art.html|newspaper=The New York Times|date=May 2, 1986|access-date=November 14, 2017}} originally published on April 20, 1986, by Crown Publishers.{{cite book|title=I'll Take Manhattan|isbn=0517561107 |last1=Krantz |first1=Judith |date=1986 |publisher=Crown Publishers }} It has been described as Krantz's best novel because it is the one most closely rooted in her own experience as a writer and socialite.{{cite book|last1=Hamilton|first1=Geoff|last2=Jones|first2=Brian|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEvyadBdwYQC&pg=PT205|title=Encyclopedia of American Popular Fiction|location=New York|publisher=Facts on File|year=2009|page=199|isbn=978-0-8160-7157-9}}

In 1987, the novel was adapted into a CBS television miniseries of the same name.{{cite news|last=Rosenberg|first=Howard|author-link=Howard Rosenberg|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/01/arts/tv-view-further-escapism-fashioned-in-the-krantz-factory.html|title="I'll Take Manhattan," 9-11 p.m. Sunday-Wednesday (2)(8)—You can have Manhattan|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=March 1, 1987|access-date=March 25, 2023|url-access=subscription|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325193601/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-03-01-tv-6665-story.html|archive-date=March 25, 2023|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Hill|first=Michael E.|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/tv/1987/03/01/ill-take-manhattan/4b2be361-63e6-4663-875f-180dfb93e9f7/|title="I'll Take Manhattan"|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=March 1, 1987|access-date=March 25, 2023}}