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Life

2 Ratings: 4.5

A book by Keith Richards

Amazon Best Books of the Month, November 2010: It's hard to imagine a celebrity memoir--or any memoir for that matter--that is as easy to drink in (so to speak) as Keith Richards'sLife. Die-hard Stones fans will love tales of the band's ascension … see full wiki

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Author: Keith Richards

Genre: Biographies & Memoirs

Publisher: Back Bay Books

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review by rwellsrwells. December 09, 2010

Half a Title

If Billy Strayhorn, and Richard Price hadn't been first, Keith Richards' autobiography should have borne the title "Lush Life." Here we've got almost 600 pages of the life and times of a mostly unapologetic alcoholic and dope fiend, and it's a straight-forward, and entertaining read - until you get tired of the drug-alogue. I have a suspicion that Keith, fueled on the substances of his choice - certainly cartons of Marlboro reds - chattered away while his co-author, James … more

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review by ElectricRay. December 03, 2010

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The Nearly-Dead Sea Scrolls

This is the mother lode. In all of rock 'n' roll writing there are some towering peaks that stand out from a morass of mediocrity: the Gillmans' Alias David Bowie; Peter Guralnick's two volume life of Elvis Presley, Greil Marcus' Mystery Train; pretty much anything by Lester Bangs: all, note, written by professional journalists and, more or less, all from the outside. I can't think of a notable rock autobiography: let's face it, most rock musicians don't have the wit, let … more

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