One of America's best-known rock and entertainment journalists describes
his journey from his childhood, cooped up in the "rice room" of his
family's restaurant in Oakland's Chinatown, where he did chores, to the
major role he played as a writer and editor at Rolling Stone. It is a
story of teen worship of Elvis, but also of Chinese customs and the
tragic murder of his brother, and of the '60s scene in San Francisco,
where he found freedom - and his career.