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Book SynopsisThe perfect companion to Baz Luhrmann''s forthcoming biopic Elvis, a major motion picture starring Tom Hanks and Austin Butler.
What was it like to be Elvis Presley? What did it feel like when impossible fame made him its prisoner? As the world''s first rock star there was no one to tell him what to expect, no one with whom he could share the burden of being himself - of being Elvis.
On the outside he was all charm, sex appeal, outrageously confident on stage and stunningly gifted in the recording studio. To his fans he seemed to have it all. He was Elvis. With his voice and style influencing succeeding generations of musicians, he should have been free to sing any song he liked, to star in any film he was offered, and to tour in any country he chose.
But he wasn''t free. The circumstances of his poor beginnings in the American South, which, as he blended gospel music with black rhythm and blues and white country songs, helped him create rock and
Trade Review
Elvis was a spark of light that lit up the dark room of our adolescence -- Paul McCartney, about BEING ELVIS
Elvis changed the world triumphantly and his own world tragically, living and dying the American Dream, never knowing how it had happened. Ray Connolly does -- Tim Rice
Esteemed writer, Ray Connolly, offers a fascinating glimpse into the life of an icon in BEING ELVIS: A LONELY LIFE. * Choice *
A brisk and informative introduction to Presley's life * The Times *
