{"product_id":"elvis-presley-a-life-9780143038894","title":"Elvis Presley: A Life","description":"\u003cb\u003eA vibrant, sympathetic portrait of the once and future king of rock 'n' roll by the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eShiloh\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Country\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e To this clear-eyed portrait of the first rock 'n' roll superstar, Bobbie Ann Mason brings a novelist's insight and the empathy of a fellow Southerner who, from the first time she heard his voice on the family radio, knew that Elvis was \"one of us.\" \u003ci\u003eElvis Presley\u003c\/i\u003e deftly braids the mythic and human aspects of his story, capturing both the charismatic, boundary-breaking singer who reveled in his celebrity and the soft-spoken, working-class Southern boy who was fatally unprepared for his success. The result is a riveting, tragic book that goes to the heart of the American dream.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBobbie Ann Mason\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Girl in the Blue Beret\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIn Country\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShiloh and Other Stories\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAn Atomic Romance\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNancy Culpepper\u003c\/i\u003e, and a memoir, \u003ci\u003eClear Springs\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the winner of the PEN\/Hemingway Award, two Southern Book Awards, and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. She was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, the PEN\/Faulkner Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. She is former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50523481473298,"sku":"9780143038894","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df8f78fa-cbbd-46e1-8c50-80e531a2ac2f.jpg?v=1731148413","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elvis-presley-a-life-9780143038894","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}