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Product Description
British edition of the highly praised first definitive work on Elvis Presley's life. Aiming to portray in vivid, dramatic terms the life & career of this outstanding artistic & cultural phenomenon, & based on decades of research, the book draws together a plethora of documentary & interview material to create a superbly coherent & plausible narrative. Peter Guralnick does a beautiful job of reclaiming Elvis from the weight of history & slander. He tells this 20th century myth with a fine regard for his subject's humanity. The richest & most detailed portrait of Elvis we have ever had. ''Elvis steps from these pages, you can feel him breathe, this book cancels out all others.'' Photos.
Amazon.com Review
There's no mention of sequins, drugs, or peanut butter in this understated biography of the teenaged Elvis, a serious and worthy attempt to answer the question, "Who was this guy before he was an icon, the voice of a generation, the King?" The essential clarity and honesty of Guralnick's prose clearly limns the eager, malleable boy whose immense talent changed the course of American music.
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