About the book: Graydon Carter arrived in Britain from Canada with little to recommend him, carrying a single suitcase and with a failed literary magazine in his past. From there he went on to work for the New York Observer, Time, found Spy Magazine, and helm Vanity Fair for twenty-five of its most successful years. This autobiography takes the reader into the world of New York culture, business, art and politics over the last thirty years and is a must read for anyone interested in the culture of our time.

About the author: Graydon Carter is the founder of Air Mail. Before this, he was a staff writer for both Time and Life. He cocreated Spy, edited The New York Observer, and for twenty-five years was the award-winning editor of Vanity Fair. He is also the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning producer of more than a dozen documentaries and one hit Broadway play.