It takes us through his dissatisfaction with his career in endless teen films, his desire to go back on tour, his short lived marriage and many girlfriends. Subtitled, 'the unmaking of Elvis Presley' this is not the story of his rise, but rather his fall. 'Following on from Last Train To Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley, this is the second volume in this definitive Elvis biography, taking his life from his time in the army until his death in 1977. The most misunderstood public figures of our times. Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popularĬulture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless This is the quintessential American story,Įncompassing elements of race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and Time places the events of a too-often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, andĮlvis’ changes during these years form a tragic mystery that Careless It’s a breathtaking, revelatory drama that for the first The unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on theĬomplex playing-out of Elvis’ relationship with his Machiavellian manager,Ĭolonel Tom Parker. Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick’s two-volume life of Elvis Presley, was acclaimed by the New York Times as “a triumph of biographical art.” This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis’ life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick’s status as one of the great biographers of our time.īeginning with Presley’s army service in Germany in 1958Īnd ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles Peter Guralnick’s masterful two-part biography.

Story of Elvis Presley’s last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume of Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizing

Careless Love by Peter Guralnick