Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Peter Guralnick
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2000. New Ed. Paperback. *The long-awaited second volume of the definitive biography of Elvis Presley. Num Pages: 784 pages, 16pp b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; AVGP; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 528. . . . . . Seller Inventory # V9780349111681
Bibliographic Details
Title: Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New
About this title
Picking up where the first volume left off, Guralnick sees Elvis through his tour of duty with the U.S. Army in Germany, where he first met--and was captivated by--a 14-year-old girl named Priscilla Beaulieu. We may think we know the story from this point: the return to America, the near-decade of B-movies, eventual marriage to Priscilla, a brief flash of glory with the '68 comeback, and the surrealism of "fat Elvis" decked out in bejeweled white jumpsuits, culminating in a bathroom death scene. And while that summary isn't exactly false, Guralnick's account shows how little perspective we've had on Elvis's life until now, how a gross caricature of the final years has come to stand for the life itself. He treats every aspect of Presley's life--including forays into spiritual mysticism and the growing dependency on prescription drugs--with dignity and critical distance. More importantly, Careless Love continues to show that Guralnick "gets" what Presley was trying to do as an artist: "I see him in the same way that I think he saw himself from the start," the introduction states, "as someone whose ambition it was to encompass every strand of the American musical tradition." From rock to blues to country to gospel, Guralnick discusses how, at his finest moments, Elvis was able to fulfill that dream. --Ron Hogan
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