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In Last Train to Memphis, Peter Guralnick turns a blind narrativeĮye to all that happened to Elvis in his final years - and all thatĬontinues to happen to him after his death - and instead offers aĬlose-up and generally clear-eyed view of Elvis between the years 1953Īnd 1958 - nearly 500 pages to cover five years. Years seem like Stations of the Cross, the noble, suffering journey of a But Elvis was gone before heīecame a total embarrassment, a Hollywood Square, and now his final

Have been bad, really more than 5 million minutes in the limelight,Įnough for 350,000 Warholian fame segments. When the BeatlesĪnd the sixties in general eclipsed him, it seemed that Elvis might haveīeen built for a mere decade's worth of stardom - which would not Once, it seemed Elvis had overstayed his welcome.