This title details Richard's battles with his demons: the women, the drugs and the love/hate relationship with Mick Jagger, as well as his struggle with heroin and his status as the rock star most likely to die in the 1970s. It traces Richard's life from his poverty-stricken roots in post-war England to his ultimate triumph on the Stones' world tours and beyond.
Author Biography
Victor Bockris, poet, interviewer and non fiction prose writer, has spent four decades writing about the artistic heroes of the 20th century and the cultural life of his home city New York. He is the author of major biographies of Andy Warhol, Patti Smith, John Cale, Lou Reed and others.
