![]() Nor did they trade on beauty and sex appeal. ![]() But they weren’t the type to get falling-down drunk and dive into fountains. Nick and Nora were sometimes described as the reincarnation of F. Between Christmas and New Year’s, Nora Ephron and Nick Pileggi swanned into town, and because Pileggi was related to Gay Talese, he called Pat, who put together a lunch at La Maiella, Nora’s favorite restaurant. Corporate execs and correspondents from CNN’s headquarters in Atlanta flocked to Piazza Farnese, as did Hollywood screenwriters and producers eager to bid on the film rights to Pat’s next book. ![]() But with Pat Conroy’s star in ascendancy, the city acquired a second magnetic pole, one that reflected the power shift in the States to the Sunbelt. Gore Vidal had long acted as a combination border-guard and social arbiter in Rome. ![]()
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