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BORN TO PARTY, FORCED TO WORK
by Bronson van Wyck (Phaidon £59.95)
BORN TO PARTY, FORCED TO WORK by Bronson van Wyck (Phaidon £59.95)
You might think that staying in to ogle photos of people having fun sounds like a pretty sad way to spend New Year’s Eve.
On the contrary, Bronson van Wyck’s glorious book, both a thoughtful reflection on the art of hospitality and a vivid evocation of his career planning some of high society’s most lavish shindigs, manages to make it seem like you, too, have received an invitation — presumably printed on gold leaf and tied to the leg of a flamingo.