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Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley - 'The richest portrait of Presley we have ever had' Sunday Telegraph
Peter Guralnick
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'Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe' BOB DYLAN
'Wonderful' RODDY DOYLE
The first volume of Peter Guralnick's critically acclaimed Elvis Presley biographies
Last Train to Memphis is arguably the first serious biography that refuses to dwell on the myth of Elvis. Aiming instead to portray in vivid, dramatic terms the life and career of this outstanding artistic and cultural phenomenon, it draws together a plethora of documentary and interview material to create a superbly coherent and plausible narrative.
This is the first of three volumes from music critic and author, Peter Guralnick, and covers Presley's stratospheric rise to stardom up to his departure for Germany in 1958. Last Train to Memphis is undoubtedly the benchmark by which other biographies of Elvis are judged.
'Soars above all other accounts of Elvis' Guardian
'A triumph of biographical art... profound and moving' New York Times
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Praise for Last Train to Memphis: The Rise of Elvis Presley - 'The richest portrait of Presley we have ever had' Sunday Telegraph
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Unrivalled... Elvis steps from the pages. You can feel him breathe. This book cancels out all others - Bob DylanA wonderful book... Guralnick gives us an Elvis of real flesh and blood... the richest and most detailed portrait of Presley we have ever had - Sunday TelegraphWonderful... Guralnick deserves to live in Graceland - Roddy DoyleA triumph of biographical art... profound and moving... Even the minor revelations are positively spellbinding... Guralnick's narrative is rendered with an intimate, restrained intensity eerily reminiscent of the plaintive tone of Presley's ballads, that tremulous yearning of America itself - New York Times Book ReviewSoars above all other books-for-bucks accounts of Elvis... Excellent - GuardianThe writer's decades of research leap off the page. A classic - Time Out
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