Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder

Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder
Author Lacey Fosburgh
Country United States
Language English
Genre Non-fiction
Publisher Delacorte Press

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 Judith Rossner's 1975 novel Looking for Mr. Goodbar and the eponymous 1977 film.[1][2][3][4]

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".[5] 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."

References

  1. ↑ Fosburgh, Lacey (1977). Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder. Delacorte Press, 1977, ISBN 0-440-01371-2. reprinted, Dell, 1978
  2. ↑ Mitgang, Herbert (October 5, 1977). How Ethical Is the 'Page One Novel'? The New York Times
  3. ↑ Staff report (December 4, 1977). A selection of noteworthy titles: autobiography & biography. The New York Times
  4. ↑ Kakutani, Michiko (January 27, 1980). Do Facts and Fiction Mix? Faction. The New York Times
  5. ↑ Fosburgh, Lacey. "Prologue". Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder.


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