6/30/2023 0 Comments Elvis peter guralnickIt's at that crucial junction that "Last Train to Memphis" ends and "Careless Love" begins. According to Guralnick, those two distinct acts were separated by a curtain that fell in 1958, when Presley's beloved mother, Gladys, died, and he went into the Army for two years. But the more he investigated the parameters of Presley's life, the more apparent it became that the story was best told as a two-act drama in which an initial arc of triumph and invention gives way to musical diminution and social dissolution. Guralnick says he never intended to write two books totaling more than 1,300 pages. The book delineates the decline and fall of an American icon with musical, social and psychological details that will appeal to both Presley die-hards and doubters. What started for Peter Guralnick as liner notes for the 1987 CD reissue of "The Complete Sun Sessions" has ended 12 years later with the publication of "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley." The new book, the second volume of Guralnick's massive biography, is a sobering follow-up to his 1994 critically acclaimed "Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley." Like its predecessor, "Careless Love" is assiduously researched, meticulously assembled and beautifully written, equal parts Shakespearean tragedy and psychological mystery.
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