Lüchow's and fiction books, including "La Bonne Table" (1964) by Ludwig Bemelmans, "Looking for Mr. Goodbar" (1975) by Judith Rossner, "The Anatolian" (1982) by Elia Kazan, "My Life as Author and Editor" (1993, posthumous) by H. L. Mencken, "Sidewalk Critic" (1998, posthumous) by Lewis Mumford, and "The Stories of John Cheever" (2011) by John Cheever. Mencken wrote, "Nathan and I saw him for the last time at lunch at Lüchow's in June 1920. He looked somewhat thin and pasty, but we ascribed his appearance, not to illness, but to the fact that he was drinking tea. Tea in Lüchow's, the citadel
Judith Rossner the true story of Roseann Quinn, a 28-year-old schoolteacher who had been brutally murdered in January 1973 by a man she had reportedly picked up in a singles bar. Rossner wrote an article about Quinn, but "Esquire" declined to publish it, fearing legal ramifications. Rossner, who considered herself a "lousy journalist," decided to write the story as a novel. On June 2, 1975, Simon & Schuster published "Looking for Mr. Goodbar", the graphic story of Theresa Dunn, a damaged young woman who teaches children by day and cruises singles bars by night. After picking up a man at Mr. Goodbar,