About the Author

Peter Guralnick's books include the prize-winning two-volume biography of Elvis Presley, Last Train to Memphis and Careless Love. He is a recent inductee in the Blues Hall of Fame. Other books include an acclaimed trilogy on American roots music, Sweet Soul Music, Lost Highway, and Feel Like Going Home; the biographical inquiry Searching for Robert Johnson; the novel, Nighthawk Blues, and Dream Boogie: The Triumph of Sam Cooke. His most recent book is Sam Phillips: The Man Who Invented Rock 'n' Roll.

Reviews

"Assiduously researched, meticulously written, and beautifully assembled, equal parts Shakespearean tragedy and psychological mystery."--Richard Harrington, Washington Post

"Guralnick is one of our best nonfiction writers. He's also one of our most trustworthy citizens -- inherently, defiantly decent. His voice is plain-spoken but elegant, holy without being holier-than-thou, reverent while recognizing his subject's intrinsic irreverence."--Sarah Vowell, Los Angeles Times

"Let's get a little loud...Peter Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Aron Presley, of which Careless Love is the second installment, is not simply the finest rock-and-roll biography ever written. It must be ranked among the most ambitious and crucial biographical undertakings yet devoted to a major American figure of the second half of the twentieth century."--Gaerald Marzorati, New York Times Book Review

"Nothing written about Elvis Presley comes close to the detail, authority, and uncondescending objectivity that Peter Guralnick has brought to his two-volume biography...Hypnotic."--Andy Seiler, USA Today

"Possibly the greatest biography of an American musician ever penned. For those who never saw Presley perform live, Guralnick offers something just as galvanizing: front row center to a life."--Bill Ellis, Memphis Commercial Appeal

"Riveting...A masterwork."--Craig Havighurst, Wall Street Journal

"We all know how the story ends, but Guralnick still manages to break our hearts in the telling....Careless Love is the toughest book about Elvis ever written, but it's also one of the loveliest. It's fitting that it should end with a gentle sort of keening, like the sustained wail of a fiddle drifting up and out into the night--the only possible ending to one of the saddest stories ever told."--Stephanie Zacharek, Newsday

"Let's get a little loud...Peter Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Aron Presley, of which Careless Love is the second installment, is not simply the finest rock-and-roll biography ever written. It must be ranked among the most ambitious and crucial biographical undertakings yet devoted to a major American figure of the second half of the twentieth century."--Gaerald Marzorati, New York Times Book Review
"Nothing written about Elvis Presley comes close to the detail, authority, and uncondescending objectivity that Peter Guralnick has brought to his two-volume biography...Hypnotic."--Andy Seiler, USA Today
"Riveting...A masterwork."--Wall Street Journal