“The range and intensity of cocktail chatter at the Hampton-Giddes’ depended largely on the list being utilized.
A List people could talk about the arts, politics and the suede walls in the master bedroom.
B Listers could talk about the arts, politics, the suede walls in the master bedroom, and the people on the A List.
The A-Gays could talk about whoever was tooting coke in the bathroom.
The B-Gays, being largely decorative, were not expected to talk.”