Rock 'n' roll and race

Author Joe Hagan, a former Rolling Stone intern, portrays Wenner over the years as an omnivorous glutton, a bisexual harasser, a cokehead, an alcoholic, a spendthrift and a cheapskate, and a corrupt shill for celebrities, who would betray his idols and could give Donald Trump lessons in narcissism. A decade later came bittersweet redemption, as Rolling Stone marked Lennon's death with a landmark issue, and the cover photo of a nude John wrapped around Yoko Ono that Annie Leibowitz had taken just days before his murder. Sexual escapades run rampant in the book, ranging from Wenner's claim that he slept with most of his RS staff to a "weekend of heli-skiing and female prostitutes" in B.C. But ex-wife Jane--who remained devoted to Jann even after he came out of the closet and left her for a young man in 1993--is the most intriguing character. [...]for readers who'd rather cut off their own feet before hitchhiking along war-torn highways, opt for sheep's brain as a meal or view "years of gruelling travel, lethal disease, and exhaustion" as enticing, his book is an ideal opportunity to learn while enjoying the familiar comforts of home.