Amores Que Matan

this book is sad as fuck. i started out being a fan of the image elvis portrayed, the music that he brought into the world. then i made the mistake of wanting to get to know him as a person. after being thoroughly inspired by guralnick's first book, "last train to memphis," i delved almost immediate......more

This massive two-part biography is one of the best books I've ever read. I would put it in a shortlist of the essential nonfiction books to read if you want to understand American culture. Elvis was always an awkward and lonely person that loved all kinds of music. But our rapidly shifting culture m......more

Peter Guralnick : I know of no sadder story…. It is, I think, a tragedy, and no more the occasion for retrospective moral judgements than any other biographical canvas should be. Well, biography is nothing if not a very judgy form of writing – if the author isn’t doing it for sure the reader is. * The......more