Until Peter Guralnick came out with Last Train to Memphis in 1994, most biographies of Elvis Presley-especially those written by people with varying degrees of access to his "inner circle"-were filled with starstruck adulation, and those that weren't in awe of their subject invariably went out of their way to take potshots at the rock & roll pioneer (with Albert Goldman's 1981 Elvis reaching now-legendary levels of bile and condescension). "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figures of our times. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation.
It's a breathtaking drama that places the events of a too often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, and understandable context. Beginning with Presley's army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles the unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis's relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker.
This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis's life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time. Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Presley, received unprecedented accolades.
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