Mr Plimpton was not by nature a name dropper.

ECONOMIST: George Plimpton

He is a name-dropper and a bit of a snob.

ECONOMIST: English writers

The trouble is partly that discerned by Cooper himself: they are too much a record of meals eaten, people met (a name-dropper's delight) and places visited without much comment.

ECONOMIST: High society

The other one: our world class name-dropper, David Was.

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