The Urbane Arts Club
Thu, Mar 13
|Brooklyn
Truth Is Stranger: A Book Discussion on Uncovering Lost Scandals
A celebration of two new nonfiction books and the tricks of telling true stories. In this public conversation, the authors Matthew Goodman and Pagan Kennedy will discuss the dark arts of literary nonfiction, revealing how they forage for secret information and uncover lost scandals. RSVP required.
Time & Location
Mar 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Brooklyn, 1016 Beverley Rd, Brooklyn, NY 11218, USA
About the event
TRUTH IS STRANGER is a celebration of two new nonfiction books and the tricks of telling true stories. Authors Matthew Goodman and Pagan Kennedy will discuss the dark arts of literary nonfiction, revealing how they forage for secret information and uncover lost scandals. This will include a brief reading by both authors from their new books. Signing to follow with copies sold by Taylor & Co.
Paris Undercover, by Matthew Goodman, published in February 2025
Two women in Nazi-occupied Paris created a daring escape line that rescued dozens of Allied servicemen. With one in a German prison camp, the other wrote a book about it--a memoir that was built on lies.
MATTHEW GOODMAN is the author of five books of nonfiction. His book Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland’s History-Making Race Around the World, was a New York Times bestseller and has been translated into eight languages. Another book, The City Game: Triumph, Scandal, and…