While "Careless Love'' doesn't glow with the electric pulse of its predecessor - it's a different tale with a shallower arc - the two volumes seem likely to remain unsurpassed, at least until the arrival of a generation of biographers several decades removed in historical perspective. The singer gets one in Peter Guralnick's "Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley.'' It's the companion volume to the author's much-praised "Last Train to Memphis,'' the 1994 chronicle of Elvis' life from his birth through early stardom to his 1958 Army induction. 10 - No matter where you stood on the Elvis Presley postage stamp issue - should the King be depicted as a snakehipped young lion or an aging sweathog in a too-tight jumpsuit? - one fact is beyond debate: As a towering figure in 20th century popular culture, the man-child from Tupelo, Miss., deserves a matching biography.
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