{"product_id":"elvis-albert-goldman-1981","title":"Elvis. Albert Goldman. 1981.","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbert Goldman has written the definitive biography of Elvis Presley-a biography of a star and a symbol, an American dream and an adolescent illusion, the story of an era of energy and excess. Goldman portrays Presley as the archetypal superstar, a catalyst of American popular cul-ture-glorified, condemned, and mythicized during his reign as King of the Age of Rock.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAfter three years of research and over 600 interviews, the truth about the pop culture phenomenon of the century is told here for the first time in a book that combines astonishing disclosures with brilliant cultural commentary. Albert Goldman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003edramatizes with a novelist's skill the rise and fall of Elvis Presley. He illuminates the man and the myth against a backdrop of Memphis and Vegas, down-home religion and pink Cadillacs, white gospel and rhythm and blues and the music that rocked.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHere is the life and times- the schemes and scams, the money and power plays, the decadence and dissolution and the panoply of life as showbiz\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAlbert Goldman's work has made obsolete the trendy books spawned by Presley's death. His is a monumental achievetnent, the most electric and esplosive work ever published on the culture shock called Elvis.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Browse Books","offers":[{"title":"Large hardcover \/ 0070236577","offer_id":42866774212690,"sku":"agldman","price":20.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2696\/2492\/files\/IMG_1162.jpg?v=1794010967","url":"https:\/\/browsebooks.com.au\/products\/elvis-albert-goldman-1981","provider":"Browse Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}