# When the Going Was Good

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- Book: [When the Going Was Good](https://www.bookquiver.com/graydon-carter/when-the-going-was-good) ([When the Going Was Good.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/graydon-carter/when-the-going-was-good.md))
- Authors: [Graydon Carter](https://www.bookquiver.com/graydon-carter)
- Publisher: penguin_books
- ISBN: 978-05-9365-592-4
- Pages: 432
- Published: 2026-03-24
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Named a Best Book of the Year by critics from both NPR and the New York Post! " The voice of a man who tasted the best of the American century and still left the party...