{"product_id":"9781504038546","title":"Closing Time: The True Story of the \"Looking for Mr. Goodbar\" Murder","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe real story behind the murder of a Manhattan schoolteacher that became a symbol of the dangers of casual sex: “A first-rate achievement” (Truman Capote).\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 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 would not only make headlines, but would soon be fictionalized in the #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e–bestselling novel \u003ci\u003eLooking for Mr. Goodbar\u003c\/i\u003e and adapted into a film of the same name, starring Diane Keaton and Richard Gere. The case evolved a cultural phenomenon, sparking debates about the sexual revolution and the perils of the “pickup scene” at what were popularly known as singles bars.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In this groundbreaking, inventive true crime tale, the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e reporter first assigned to the story offers “a meticulous, investigative account of the so-called Goodbar killing” (\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e). Using a dramatization technique in which she gives the victim a different name, Lacey Fosburgh veers between the chilling, suspenseful personal interactions leading up to the brutal stabbing and the gritty facts of the aftermath, including the NYPD investigation and the arrest of John Wayne Wilson.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The result is a must-read that earned an Edgar Award nomination for Best Fact Crime, and a classic of the genre that \u003ci\u003eMen’s Journal\u003c\/i\u003e described as “more riveting, and more tragic, than the Judith Rossner novel—and the 1977 movie \u003ci\u003eLooking for Mr. Goodbar\u003c\/i\u003e.” In the words of the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, “Fosburgh writes with compassion of these sick and shattered lives.”\u003cbr\u003e  ","brand":"Open Road Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127172088048,"sku":"9781504038546","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781504038546_p0.jpg?v=1769897400","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781504038546","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}