CHAMPAGNE BEFORE BREAKFAST

A king size dose of paragraphese makes up this book from Tribune columnist, and NBC commentator Gardner whose information is based on person to person interviews, letters, telephone calls, telegrams. Drawing on the entertainment, political, social, sporting and international worlds, he yarns about them all; he has stories too from his leg men in prison; he has tales of cops, male and female, about charity dinners and champs, about hotels, radio and TV, the theater and Hollywood; he reveals personality quirks and individual charities; he tracks down some practical jokes and practiced ribbing. Naturally a famous name affair, this makes for a long pull of chit chat.