Life

The once-in-a-generation memoir of a rock legend
The No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller.

Praise for Life:

• 'Electrifying' – New York Times
• 'A masterpiece' – The Word
• 'Funny, poignant, brutally honest' – Sunday Telegraph
• 'Densely packed with incident... immensely readable' – Sunday Times
• 'Once you begin this, wild, wild horses couldn't drag you away' – Independent
• 'Life is pretty faultless as the quintessential depiction of the man in full and his extraordinary life and times to date' – The Times
• 'I was hooked from the start' – Harper's Bazaar

As a member of the Rolling Stones, Keith Richards created the riffs, the lyrics, and the songs that roused the world. Over four decades, he lived the original rock and roll life: taking the chances he wanted, speaking his mind, and making it all work in a way that no one before him had ever done.

Now, at last, the man himself tells us the story of life in the crossfire hurricane. In Life, Keith narrates:

• His loves and losses
• Stratospheric fame and success
• The endless stories that shaped his enduring image as outlaw and folk hero

Highlights of Keith Richards' extraordinary life include:

• Listening obsessively to Chuck Berry and Muddy Waters records as a child in post-war Kent
• Learning guitar and forming a band with Mick Jagger and Brian Jones
• The Rolling Stones' rise to fame as a bad-boy band
• The notorious Redlands drug bust and confrontations with a nervous establishment
• Creating immortal riffs like those in Jumping Jack Flash, Street Fighting Man, and Honky Tonk Women
• Falling in love with Anita Pallenberg and the death of Brian Jones
• Tax exile in France, wildfire tours of the US, and albums like Exile on Main Street and Some Girls
• Ever-increasing fame, isolation, and addiction
• Falling in love with Patti Hansen
• Estrangement from Mick Jagger and subsequent reconciliation
• Solo albums and performances with his band, the Xpensive Winos
• Marriage, family, and the road that goes on forever

In a voice that is uniquely and intimately his own, with the disarming honesty that has always been his trademark, Keith Richards brings us the essential life story of our times. This is Life.