Wry, chatty, glitzy memoir by the former editor of Vanity Fair, staff writer for Time and Life, and co-creator of Spy. His stable of writers included Christopher Hitchens, Fran Lebowitz and Michael Lewis; among the photographers, Mario Testino and Annie Leibovitz – whose shoots were said to involve crew lunches more expensive than an entire issue’s budget at Spy.
When the Going Was Good: An Editor’s Adventures During the Last Golden Age of Magazines
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