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A MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2025 IN THE INDEPENDENT, GQ, NEW STATESMAN, FINANCIAL TIMES AND BBC CULTURE
'Graydon Carter is a brilliant raconteur of his own life...it's a real yarn of a lost world' Marina Hyde, The Rest is Entertainment
When the Going Was Good is Graydon Carter's lively recounting of how he made his mark as one of society's most talented editors and shapers of culture. Carter arrived in New York from Canada with little more than a suitcase, a failed literary magazine in his past and a keen sense of ambition. He landed a job at Time, went on to work at Life, co-founded Spy magazine and edited The New York Observer before catching the eye of Condé Nast chairman Si Newhouse, who tapped him to run Vanity Fair.
With his inimitable voice and raconteur's quip, Carter brings readers inside the drawing rooms of the great and not-always-good of America, Britain and Europe. He assembled one of the best-ever stables of writers and photographers under one roof, and here he re-creates in real time the steps he took to ensure that Vanity Fair during his 25-year run cemented its place as the epicentre of art, culture, business and politics. Charming, candid and brimming with humour, When the Going Was Good perfectly captures the last golden age of print magazines from the inside out.
Contents
1: One Big Scoop and a Wedding 2: Bitter Winters and a Lot of Hockey 3: A Lineman for the Railroad 4: A College Magazine to the Rescue 5: Candide in New York 6: From Life to Glorious Days at Spy 7: Interlude at The Observer 8: My Vanity Fair Education 9: My Advanced Vanity Fair Education 10: The Great Billionaire Proprietor 11: A Monthly Magazine in a Daily World 12: A Charm Offensive and the Oscar Party 13: Our Part in Hollywood's Big Night 14: Escape Velocity, at Last 15: The Writers Were the Franchise 16: The Smell of Grease Paint 17: Meltdowns and Valedictions 18: Letters from Admirers 19: The Long Arm of the Law 20: The Golden Age Begins to Tarnish 21: The South of France and One Last Swing at the Bat 22: Some Rules for Living
