The book charts the life and times of the shy, half-educated boy from Dartford, the writer of timeless pop classics like Satisfaction and Brown sugar, the artist formerly known as Wormwood Scrubs' prisoner 7855, the kohl-eyed addict slumped on his matress throne in the Ritz hotel, the legendary Human Riff, and, today, the contented family man who continues to be rock's most indomitable living practitioner.