Address Book empty, not allowing imports

Following upgrade to Lion my desktop address book is empty. Big problem, because this is the one used by mail and for other purposes. The address book is successfully populated in iCloud and on my iPhone, it's just the desktop address book that is empty.
I exported all the address cards from iCloud to desktop, then double-clicked to open them in address book. Nothing happened.
Would like to populate the address book via import, but that option is grayed-out on the address book drop-down menu. Pressing option-O (the import shortcut) achieves nothing.
In systems settings > iCloud, "Contacts" is checked - so what appears in iCloud and iPhone should be appearing on my desktop.
I have no idea why my desktop address book is empty, or why it is refusing imports. Any ideas?

EDIT: Read next post first.
Create a new User go to System Preferences > Users & Groups > "+" (make it an admin acct) and test the appin this new account, if it works the problem is isolated to your User and not systemwide.
If you reinstall and migrate back your Users you'll be in the same place if the issue is isolated to your User.
If the issue is limited to your user account try starting up in Safe Mode  (It will take more time to startup because it runs a directory check.)
If AB functions correctly that way, go to System Preferences >> Accounts >> Login Items and remove them.

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