Fat City
If you buy one book on the Rolling Stones, you'd be a fool if this wasn't it.


Book Description
Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway-a nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal the end of a generation's dreams of peace and freedom. But while this book renders in fine detail the entire history of the Stones, paying special attention to the tragedy of Brian Jones, it is about much more than a writer and a rock band. It has been called-by Harold Brodkey and Robert Stone, among others-the best book ever written about the sixties. In Booth's new afterword, he finally explains why it took him 15 years to write the book, relating an astonishing story of drugs, jails, and disasters.

ANNOTATION

"Mr. Booth. . .kept his eyes wide open. . .throughout his adventures with the Stones, despite his participation in their lifestyle."--New York Times Book Review

FROM THE PUBLISHER

This book has won acclaim nationwide as a masterpiece not only of rock journalism but of harrowing social history as well. Onstage and off, the Stones are portrayed up-close and the music, talk, drugs and sex are all captured in detail.

SYNOPSIS

Stanley Booth, a member of the Rolling Stones' inner circle, met the band just a few months before Brian Jones drowned in a swimming pool in 1968. He lived with them throughout their 1969 American tour, staying up all night together listening to blues, talking about music, ingesting drugs, and consorting with groupies. His thrilling account culminates with their final concert at Altamont Speedway-a nightmare of beating, stabbing, and killing that would signal the end of a generation's dreams of peace and freedom. But while this book renders in fine detail the entire history of the Stones, paying special attention to the tragedy of Brian Jones, it is about much more than a writer and a rock band. It has been called-by Harold Brodkey and Robert Stone, among others-the best book ever written about the sixties. In Booth's new afterword, he finally explains why it took him 15 years to write the book, relating an astonishing story of drugs, jails, and disasters.

FROM THE CRITICS

Fat City

Without a shadow of a doubt the best rock and roll story ever put to paper...If you buy one book on the Rolling Stones, you'd be a fool if this wasn't it.

Internet Book Watch - Internet Book Watch

Two intriguing Rolling Stones books are recommended picks for any prior fan of the Stones: they each provide personal accounts by readers who were involved with the rock group. Stanley Booth's True Adventures Of The Rolling Stones gathers encounters of gigs, world tours, and backstage events, providing a powerful glimpse intothe personalities and characters of the Stones. Nakering With The Rolling Stones by James Phelge (373-4, $16.95) tells of the early days of the Rolling Stones by an author who lived with them for over a year when they were just getting famous. His story of his 1963 roommates also provides an intimate behind-the-scenes examination of the Stones. Both are eye-opening, going beyond the usual fan's eye-view to explore personal relationships with the Stones.

Fat City

Without a shadow of a doubt the best rock and roll story ever put to paper...If you buy one book on the Rolling Stones, you'd be a fool if this wasn't it.

WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING

Peter Guralnick, author of Careless Love and Last Train to Memphis

The one authentic masterpiece of rock 'n' roll writing. — Peter Guralnick

Robert Stone

No work on the popular arts so faithfully serves its subject while unpretentiously succeeding in being about so much more. — Robert Stone

Keith Richards