Reviews round-up
When the Going Was Good
by Graydon Carter
4 of 5 critics positive
8 reviews: 4 positives, 1 mixed; 3 not stating a verdict in public
What the critics said
“juicy stories from the heyday of magazines”
When the Going Was Good by Graydon Carter review – juicy stories from the heyday of magazines
“Graydon Carter’s Wild Ride Through a Golden Age of Magazines”
Graydon Carter’s Wild Ride Through a Golden Age of Magazines
“a fun, anecdote-filled ride through his ‘golden’ era”
Angry celebrities, ‘unlimited’ expenses – life at Vanity Fair in the 1990s
“dishes about his glory days at Spy and Vanity Fair”
Review | Graydon Carter dishes about his glory days at Spy and Vanity Fair
“enough to make any journalist today depressed”
Vanity Fair’s lavish Nineties era is enough to make any journalist today depressed
“His memoir recalls the golden age of magazines – and ‘the expense account life’.”
Graydon Carter hired Christopher Hitchens, pissed off Trump and revealed Deep Throat. He calls himself a ‘beta male’
“reflects on an era's power moves and expense-account adventures”
Graydon Carter’s Memoir Evokes the Golden Age of New York City Media (Published 2025)
“What the Vanity Fair editor saw: A-list rows, excess and teasing Trump”
What the Vanity Fair editor saw: A-list rows, excess and teasing Trump
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