Being Elvis: A Lonely Life

A "sympathetic and exceptionally well-written account" (USA Today), Ray Connolly's biography of the King soars with "spontaneity and electricity" (Preston Lauterbach).

Elvis Presley is a giant figure in American popular culture, a man whose talent and fame were matched only by his later excesses and tragic end. A godlike entity in the history of rock and roll, this twentieth-century icon with a dazzling voice blended gospel and traditionally black rhythm and blues with country to create a co...