Former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter's memoir, 'When the Going Was Good,' chronicles the glamour, the power and the ...

S.I. Newhouse, head of the Condé Nast magazine empire, made Graydon Carter editor of Vanity Fair, where the going was very good indeed. "I flew the Concord more than 60 times," Carter said.

Graydon Carter speaks in his memoir with misty-eyed melancholy for the page counts and ad revenues of years gone by.

He bounced back big time with editorships at Spy and Vanity Fair, a glamorous life he details in a new memoir.

Filled with colorful memories and intimate details, “When the Going Was Good” is Graydon Carter’s lively recounting of how he made his mark as one of the most talented editors in the business.

This was back “When the Going Was Good”, as former Vanity Fair editor Graydon Carter titles his nostalgic new memoir about his adventures “during the last golden age of magazines”. The topic is catnip ...

MEMOIR When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines Graydon Carter Grove Press, ...

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Longtime restaurateur and media figure Graydon Carter thinks the end of outdoor dining is a travesty. His opinion is striking ...