More than 21 years have passed since Elvis was found dead in his Memphis mansion, his heart undone by vices both dietary and pharmaceutical. 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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