Elvis
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before he became a cultural colossus, Elvis Aaron Presley was a poor boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, whose extraordinary voice and electrifying stage presence would ignite a revolution that forever altered the landscape of popular music — and Albert Goldman's Elvis chronicles the full, unvarnished arc of that meteoric rise and catastrophic fall with unflinching, at times savage, candour. From his humble origins in the American South, through his seismic emergence as the King of Rock and Roll, to the bloated, pill-addicted recluse who died at Graceland in 1977, Goldman constructs a portrait that is as compelling as it is controversial, drawing on hundreds of interviews to present a man of staggering contradictions. Goldman, known for his fearless and often provocative biographical style, argues that the mythology surrounding Presley had long obscured a far darker and more complex human truth, and this bestselling work tears away that glittering curtain with forensic precision. The book stirred fierce debate upon its release, condemned by fans and praised by critics, cementing its place as one of the most talked-about music biographies of the twentieth century. For those who believe they already know the King's story, Goldman's Elvis poses an irresistible and deeply unsettling question: what if everything you thought you knew was only half the truth?
Author: Albert Goldman
Format: Paperback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
Long before he became a cultural colossus, Elvis Aaron Presley was a poor boy from Tupelo, Mississippi, whose extraordinary voice and electrifying stage presence would ignite a revolution that forever altered the landscape of popular music — and Albert Goldman's Elvis chronicles the full, unvarnished arc of that meteoric rise and catastrophic fall with unflinching, at times savage, candour. From his humble origins in the American South, through his seismic emergence as the King of Rock and Roll, to the bloated, pill-addicted recluse who died at Graceland in 1977, Goldman constructs a portrait that is as compelling as it is controversial, drawing on hundreds of interviews to present a man of staggering contradictions. Goldman, known for his fearless and often provocative biographical style, argues that the mythology surrounding Presley had long obscured a far darker and more complex human truth, and this bestselling work tears away that glittering curtain with forensic precision. The book stirred fierce debate upon its release, condemned by fans and praised by critics, cementing its place as one of the most talked-about music biographies of the twentieth century. For those who believe they already know the King's story, Goldman's Elvis poses an irresistible and deeply unsettling question: what if everything you thought you knew was only half the truth?