Careless Love by Peter Guralnick - ISBN: 9781399641456
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Elvis’s dream unravels: the definitive, complex story of fame and manager.
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Careless Love

The Unmaking of Elvis Presley

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    784 pages

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    4 August 2026

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Summary

The second volume of Peter Guralnick’s critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biographies

Homeric in its play of beauty and folly, this is a monumental workINDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY

Riveting … A masterworkWALL STREET JOURNAL

The next chapter in the definitive biography of Elvis picks up where Last Train to Memphis closed with Presley’s military service in Germany 1958 and ends with his death in…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781399641456
ISBN-10:139964145X
Author:Peter Guralnick, Kevin Stillwell
Publisher:Orion Publishing Co
Imprint:White Rabbit
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:784
Release Date:4 August 2026
Weight:566g
Dimensions:198mm x 126mm x 42mm
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beautifully written and refreshingly sincere, sets new high standards * DAILY MAIL *Homeric in its play of beauty and folly, this is a monumental work * INDEPENDENT on Sunday *

About The Author

Peter Guralnick

Peter Guralnick’s books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love; an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Feel Like Going Home, Lost Highway, and Sweet Soul Music; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. Guralnick won a Grammy for his liner notes for Sam Cooke Live at the Harlem Square Club, wrote and co-produced the documentary Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll, and wrote the scripts for the Grammy-winning documentary Sam Cooke/Legend and Martin Scorsese’s blues documentary Feel Like Going Home. His 2015 book Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock ‘n’ Roll was a finalist for the Plutarch Award for Best Biography of the Year, awarded by the Biographers International Organization. His most recent book is Looking to Get Lost: Adventures in Music and Writing.

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