Elaine’s, which has its last last call this Friday morning at 4 a.m., got its start as a writers’ haunt, and more than 100 framed book covers serve as its primary décor. Here, a breakdown of the titles gracing its walls when news of its impending closure went out, along with examples of the works that make up the eclectic collection.
22 BIOGRAPHIES AND AUTOBIOGRAPHIES OF ARTISTS, RACONTEURS, AND TORTURED GENIUSES
Memoirs, Tennessee Williams
Is Salami and Eggs Better Than Sex? Memoirs of a Happy Eater, Alan King and Mimi Sheraton
Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis, Howell Raines
1 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RELATIVELY WHOLESOME INDIVIDUAL
I Shouldn’t Even Be Doing This, Bob Newhart
1 NOVEL THAT INSPIRED A BRITISH SITCOM
Bless Me, Father, Neil Boyd
1 EROTICA BY A FORMER NEW YORK MAGAZINE RESTAURANT CRITIC
Blue Skies, No Candy, Gael Greene
6 MUSINGS BY OR ABOUT THE CULTURATI
The White Album, Joan Didion
A Kiss Is Still a Kiss, Roger Ebert
12 EXPLOITS OF ALPHA MALES
Cop Without a Badge: The Extraordinary Undercover Life Of Kevin Maher, Charles Kipps
Business Lunchatations: How an Everyday Guy Became One of America’s Most Colorful Ceos … And How You Can, Too!, Bo Dietl with Bob Bly
Blood on the Street: The Sensational Inside Story of How Wall Street Analysts Duped A Generation Of Investors, Charles Gasparino
1 L.A. MEMOIR
This Terrible Business Has Been Good To Me: An Autobiography, Norman Jewison
1 MAGIC AND SPELLS
Tales of Magic and Spells, Corinne Denan
1 DUPLICITOUS PARENTING
Why Animals Sleep So Close to the Road, Susan Konig
17 CAPITAL-L LITERATURE
Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes, Terry Southern
Speedboat, Renata Adler
True North, Jim Harrison
12 SPORTS DISPATCHES FROM, OR NOSTALGIC FOR, THE GOOD OLD DAYS
Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback, George Plimpton
The Zen of Zim: Baseballs, Beanballs, and Bosses, Lou Piniella and Don Zimmer
Namath: A Biography, Mark Kriegel
10 POP HISTORY
The Final Days, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein
Man of the People: The Life Of John Mccain, Paul Alexander
5 OLD-FASHIONED SHOE-LEATHER REPORTING
One Very Hot Day, David Halberstam
The Cell: Inside The 9/11 Plot, And Why The FBI And Cia Failed To Stop It, John J. Miller, Michael Stone, and Chris Mitchell
Thy Neighbor’s Wife, Gay Talese
2 SOCIETY SCANDALS
Palm Beach Babylon, Murray Weiss and Bill Hoffman
Lindbergh: The Crime, Noel Behn
1 WITNESS-PROTECTION MEMOIRWITNESS-PROTECTION MEMOIR
Never Tell Our Business to Strangers, Jennifer Mascia
7 HERSTORY
It Changed My Life: Writings on the Women’s Movement, Betty Friedan
Very Much a Lady: The Untold Story of Jean Harris and Dr. Herman Tarnower, Shana Alexander
An Uncommon Woman: The Empress Frederick, Hannah Pakula
1 MISSOURI MEMOIR
White Town Drowsing: Journeys to Hannibal, Ron Powers
28 AIRPLANE READS
The Sicilian, Mario Puzo
Murders & Acquisitions, Haughton Murphy
New York Dead, Stuart Woods
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