For many years, Minneapolis native Neal Karlen was the only journalist Prince granted in-depth press interviews to, from before Purple Rain to when the artist changed his name to an unpronounceable glyph. Going back to Prince Rogers Nelson's roots—especially his contradictory, often tortured, relationship with his father—Karlen's biography shows new aspects of the many-sided Prince: a superstar who calls in the middle of the night to talk, who loved The Wire and could quote from every episode of The Office, who frequented libraries and jammed spontaneously for local crowds—and fed everyone pancakes afterward.