Last night saw one of the best parties in a while, as author Marisa Mackle launched her latest book, Chinese Whispers. At a champagne reception in the St. Stephens Green outlet of Hughes & Hughes, guests got the first glimpse of the new book, which is a work of fiction based on the Dublin social scene. Well, I'm sure some of it is fiction!
Marisa, who is now working on her 5th book, was the social diarist with the Evening Herald newspaper for quite some time, so she had a great deal of experience to draw from. The central character of the book is Bunny Maguire, who is launched into the Dublin social whirl and takes to it like a duck to water.
Special guest last night was Marisa's good friend, stunning celebrity Alex Best, who herself has recently published her autobiography. Alex, who is now divorced from legendary footballer George Best, met Marisa while at a party on a yacht in Marbella last year and the two have remained good friends since.
Among those at the bookstore reception were Gerogina Heffernan, stylist Roxanne Parker, actress Tatiana Ouliankina, Peter King and Fergal Breen, Roisin Tierney - Crowe, publicist Paul Allen and the ever glamourous TV3 presenter Lorraine Keane.
Guests then walked the short distance to SamSara, where Louis Murray hosted the after-party. Enjoying the amazing Jean Christophe Novelli food were the devine Eleanor Cullen, Leann De Cerbo and Susan Vasquez (all looking fab in their summer finery), Mr. Gay UK Mark Roberts, Sian Horn of David Lloyd, celebrity agent Colin Angus, Romy Caroll of Cocoon with Liam Coburn and Triona McCarty with jeweller Cathriona Hanly.
Wishing to sample the hospitality of Dublin I felt duty bound to take Alex and Mark on to Lillies, where we were later joined by Marisa and co. As I'm sure you can imagine, the drink vanished quicker than a Vera Wang wedding dress at a sample sale.
