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Jay McInerney, photographed by Patrick McMullan outside the Odeon last Monday. In his debut column for AIR MAIL, which will cover all manner of drinking and partying, Jay McInerney sets the scene of a dinner at the Odeon in celebration of his last Calloway novel—magnums of Meursault, six-liter bottles of first-growth Bordeaux, and all By Jay McInerney Generally speaking, the wine at large parties and galas tends to be despicable. Friends of mine just go with vodka or tequila. But I’m an oenop...