Lies: A Diary 1986-1999This latest installment of Ned Rorem's diary opens in 1986, when the author is sixty two and closes in 1999, when he is seventy five. Though Rorem remains as energetic as ever during these years new books written, new music composed the tone of this volume is autumnal: His life and his world are winding down. He mourns the passing of dear friends, endures the indignities of growing old, and notes with bitterness the collapse of the taste and standards