"Life"is a memoir by the Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards, written with the assistance of journalist James Fox. Published in October 2010, in hardback, audio and e-book formats, the book chronicles Richards' love of music, charting influences from his mother and maternal grandfather, through his discovery of blues music, the founding of the "Rolling Stones", his involvement with drugs, and his relationships with women including Anita Pallenberg and his wife Patti Hansen.

The book chronicles Richards's career with the Stones since 1962, following their rise from playing small club gigs to stadium concerts, Richards's drug habits, his arrests and convictions. The often difficult partnership between Richards and Jagger is referred to throughout the work and coverage of this has caused much media interest

Throughout the work, much attention is given to Richards' love of music, his style of playing and chord construction. His non-Stones projects, such as the "X-Pensive Winos" and recording with the "Wingless Angels" in Jamaica, as well as collaborations with Chuck Berry.

It has been reported that publisher 'Little, Brown and Company' paid an advance of $7.3 million, after seeing a ten-page extract. Co-writer James Fox interviewed Richards and his associates over a period of five years to produce the book. "Life" was generally well received by critics and topped The New York Times non-fiction list in the first week of release.

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