Vintage paperback

Reissued to coincide with the release of the major motion picture directed by Steven Soderbergh, and with Robert Redford as executive producer, King of the Hill is the emotionally powerful story of a 12-year-old boy coping with the hardships of life in St. Louis in the summer of 1933. Originally published by Harper & Row in 1972.

Drawing on more than 200 interviews with such consorts and courtiers as Marianne Faithfull, Anita Pallenberg, Andrew Oldham, Chris Jagger, and Ian Stewart, this spellbinding tour of the dark underside of the 1960s brings to life the Stones' world of wealth, power, and privilege. Enhanced with 16 pages of photographs, this fast-moving, revelatory look at the rock group is also a fascinating portrait of an era.