A panoramic, stylish narrative history of the Rolling Stones, viewed through the impassioned and opinionated lens of Vanity Fair contributor Rich Cohen, who traveled with the band in the 1990s as a reporter for Rolling Stone

'Rich Cohen writes like Mick Jagger. He's full of energy, swagger, and creativity.' - A. J. Jacobs

'Funny, soulful, impeccably reported, and beautifully written, The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones will be the book about the Stones that will last.' - Ian Frazier

Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young Rolling Stones reporter on the road with the band. Privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness and the hard living, he quickly falls under their sway.

The story begins with the fateful meeting of Mick and Keith on a train platform in1961 and goes on to span decades, with a focus on the golden run - from Beggar's Banquet (1968) to Exile on Main Street (1972) - when the Stones were prolific, innovative and at the height of their powers.

This panoramic, stylish narrative history covers the drugs and the girlfriends and the rows and the endless reunions, and of course, the music. In The Sun & The Moon & The Rolling Stones, Cohen's fresh and galvanising consideration of the band will define, once and forever, why the Stones will always matter.

Rich Cohen enters the Stones epic as a young journalist on the road with the band and quickly falls under their sway - privy to the jokes, the camaraderie, the bitchiness, the hard living. Inspired by a lifelong appreciation of the music that borders on obsession, Cohen's chronicle of the band is informed by the rigorous views of a kid who grew up on the music and for whom the Stones will always be the greatest rock 'n' roll band of all time.

This is a non-fiction book that reads like a novel filled with the greatest musicians, agents and artists of the most indelible age in pop culture. It's a book only Rich, with his unique access, experience and love of the band could write.