The Man Who Lived By Night
“S. this—when he went social there was nothing small or shabby about it.
Delivery vans came and went for days before his party, crammed with cases of liquor, produce, meats, cheeses—enough to stock the QE2. Pamela directed the traffic, signed the slips, barked out orders, bartered. The last thing to arrive was a two-story-high spruce Christmas tree that rolled up to the front door on its own truck bed. It took a half dozen workmen to get it inside the mammoth grand ballroom and hoist it up. Tris...’s bodyguards were the ones who decorated it, twisting around on top of extension ladders as freely as their balance and their shoulder holsters allowed.
Everyone came. Bingo was there with his wife Barbara Bach. So were the McCartneys, Paul and Linda. Paul had gotten so cherubic he’d have made a fine Santa Claus. George Harrison, meanwhile, was starting to resemble Christopher Lee, the cadaverous British horror movie star. Keith Richard came with Patti Hansen, speaking of horror movies. Roger Daltrey came with short hair.MoreLess
Delivery vans came and went for days before his party, crammed with cases of liquor, produce, meats, cheeses—enough to stock the QE2. Pamela directed the traffic, signed the slips, barked out orders, bartered. The last thing to arrive was a two-story-high spruce Christmas tree that rolled up to the front door on its own truck bed. It took a half dozen workmen to get it inside the mammoth grand ballroom and hoist it up. Tris...’s bodyguards were the ones who decorated it, twisting around on top of extension ladders as freely as their balance and their shoulder holsters allowed.
Everyone came. Bingo was there with his wife Barbara Bach. So were the McCartneys, Paul and Linda. Paul had gotten so cherubic he’d have made a fine Santa Claus. George Harrison, meanwhile, was starting to resemble Christopher Lee, the cadaverous British horror movie star. Keith Richard came with Patti Hansen, speaking of horror movies. Roger Daltrey came with short hair.MoreLess
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