Closing Time: The True Story of the “Looking for Mr. Goodbar” Murder - Lacey Fosburgh

Written by Lacey Fosburgh
Read by Cynthia Farrell
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Length: 6 hrs and 45 mins
Release date: 07-30-19
Publisher: Brilliance Publishing, Inc.,

In 1973, Roseann Quinn, an Irish-Catholic teacher at a school for deaf children, was killed in New York City after bringing a man home to her apartment from an Upper West Side pub. The crime made headlines and the ensuing case quickly evolved into a cultural phenomenon, spawning both a #1 New York Times - bestselling novel by Judith Rossner, and a film adaptation starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere, and sparking debates about the sexual revolution and the perils of the “pickup scene” at what were popularly known as singles bars.

In this groundbreaking true crime tale, Lacey Fosburgh, the New York Times reporter first assigned to the story, utilizes what the author calls an “inventive dramatization technique”, in which she gives the victim a different name, to veer between the chilling, suspenseful personal interactions leading up to the brutal stabbing and the gritty details of its aftermath, including the NYPD investigation and the arrest of John Wayne Wilson.

Note: Overdrive carries Judith Rossner’s book, unfortunately my library doesn’t.