Article: The man who knew everyone.(biographer James Lord)(Interview)

On the eve of a new memoir, James Lord continues to illuminate some of the century's most influential artistic and social personalities. But who is is James Lord?

Alain, un verre de Champagne pour Monsieur, et un jus de tomate pour moi," James Lord directs his uniformed butler in fluent French tinged with an American accent. "I no longer drink alcohol during the clay," he informs me as we take our seats on large, plush sofas. "I find it now affects the afternoon writing. But believe me," he continues, smiling devilishly, "I make up for it in the evening with, shall we say, ample sufficiencies of Chablis and claret."

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