I wish Goodreads had half stars. A 3.5 would be more accurate but the last third of the book convinced me to give it 4 rather than 3. I didn’t love the style of this biography. It was told in a chain of lengthy quotations from interviews. Though the author obtained most of that content directly, I still felt it was lacking in input or narrative from the actual author. The early days had a bit more minutiae than I felt was necessary, and many names and “characters” were introduced, making it difficult to keep track of the key players. But as Elvis’s story became more interesting, so did the book. Even if I didn’t love the use of quotations throughout, the end result was effective. Guralnick, through the words of others, painted a vivid and memorable picture of an artist who has become more caricature than human in modern memory. I felt at the end as though I truly understood Elvis’ foundation and could connect the dots to how he ended up the way he did.