Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder Closing Time: The True Story of the Goodbar Murder Closing Time: The True Story of the "Goodbar" Murder is a 1977 book by Lacey Fosburgh about the murder of Roseann Quinn, a young New York City schoolteacher who reportedly led a "double life" and was murdered in 1973. Fosburgh appropriated the title of Judith Rossner's "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", the acclaimed best-selling novel which had been published two years earlier. "Closing Time" was nominated for the 1978 Edgar Award as Best Fact Crime book, despite Fosburgh's mixing of fact and fiction in a controversial technique she referred to as "interpretive
Looking for Mr. Goodbar (film) in an orgy of blood and drug-induced surrealism. The film's soundtrack included numerous disco tracks from the era. A soundtrack album was released by Columbia Records (JS 35029). The film opened to mixed reviews, but solid box office. Many critics praised Diane Keaton's performance. The film currently holds a "fresh" 76% rating on "Rotten Tomatoes", with the consensus "Diane Keaton gives an absolutely fearless performance in a sexual thriller whose ending will leave audiences trembling." Some critics found the film lurid and muddled; a review by Frank Rich for "Time" magazine criticized Brooks for making "many crude miscalculations" in adapting