Careless Love: The Unmaking of Elvis Presley audiobook, by Peter Guralnick... Careless Love is the full, true, and mesmerizingstory of Elvis Presley’s last two decades, in the long-awaited second volume ofPeter Guralnick’s masterful two-part biography.Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick’s two-volume life of Elvis Presley, was acclaimed by the New York Times as “a triumph of biographical art.” This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis’ life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick’s status as one of the great biographers of our time.Beginning with Presley’s army service in Germany in 1958and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chroniclesthe unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on thecomplex playing-out of Elvis’ relationship with his Machiavellian manager,Colonel Tom Parker. It’s a breathtaking, revelatory drama that for the firsttime places the events of a too-often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, andunderstandable context.Elvis’ changes during these years form a tragic mystery that CarelessLove unlocks for the first time. This is the quintessential American story,encompassing elements of race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, andpersonal transformation. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, CarelessLove is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popularculture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one ofthe most misunderstood public figures of our times.