Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder
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Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder is a 1977 non-fiction book by Lacey Fosburgh
about the murder of Roseann Quinn
, the story of whose murder was the basis for the 1975 novel and 1977 film Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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Closing Time was nominated for the 1978 Edgar Award
for Best Fact Crime book. The book met with some controversy at the time for mixing fact and fiction in a technique Fosburgh described as "interpretive biography". she told the New York Times in 1980 that she had "created scenes and dialogue I think it is reasonable or fair to assume could have taken place, perhaps even did."
Lacey Fosburgh
Lacey Fosburgh was an American journalist, author, and academic best known for her bestselling book, Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder .-Early life:...
about the murder of Roseann Quinn
Roseann Quinn
Roseann Quinn was an American schoolteacher whose murder inspired Judith Rossner's 1975 novelLooking for Mr. Goodbar, as well as its 1977 film adaptation directed by Richard Brooks...
, the story of whose murder was the basis for the 1975 novel and 1977 film Looking for Mr. Goodbar
Looking for Mr. Goodbar
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.-References:...
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Closing Time was nominated for the 1978 Edgar Award
Edgar Award
The Edgar Allan Poe Awards , named after Edgar Allan Poe, are presented every year by the Mystery Writers of America...
for Best Fact Crime book. The book met with some controversy at the time for mixing fact and fiction in a technique Fosburgh described as "interpretive biography". she told the New York Times in 1980 that she had "created scenes and dialogue I think it is reasonable or fair to assume could have taken place, perhaps even did."