The Rolling Stones have long been known as the greatest rock 'n' roll band in the world, and Mick Jagger has always been front and center in their concerts and recordings. But who is he, really? Also the biographer of John Lennon, Phillip Norman profiles this larger than life artist who has become the archetypal frontman. Reconciling the contradictions, this biography sheds new light on the economics student who became a counterculture icon, an extroverted egotist who guards his feelings and his private life.