Elvis in the Morning eBook William F Buckley Jr
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Life in the shadow of the King of Rock and Roll…
Orson is a young boy whose mother works at a U.S. Army base in Germany in the 1950s.
There, he becomes a fan of a G.I. stationed at the same base, one Elvis Presley, whose music is played over and over on the radio.
When Orson is caught stealing recordings of Elvis’s tunes from the PX, the publicity catches the star’s attention and thus begins a lifelong friendship.
As Elvis’s career rockets ever higher, Orson and Elvis share many adventures. Elvis becomes the idol of the nation, while Orson drifts away from mainstream life searching for something to believe in.
Each man is an emblem of his time, as social conventions crumble, barriers fall, and the cultural landscape of America changes forever.
Elvis in the Morning is a riveting portrayal of a nation in change and of the effects of celebrity on innocence.
Praise for William F. Buckley Jr.
“Canny ... Sparkles with the borrowed allure of charismatic, real-life figures.”— Book
“[A] quirky look at the life of Elvis and at an American era.”—The New York Daily News
“A fanciful yet believable premise — a lifelong friendship that begins when an American teenager living on a military base in West Germany meets Pvt. Presley during the singer’s well-known 1950s tour of duty in the Army ... Buckley uses his characters’ lives to illustrate the times in which they lived and events ranging from university protests to the beginnings of the computer industry.” — Houston Chronicle
“It’s gripping, stylish, funny, and moving. Who knows? Rolling Stone might even have to acknowledge its excellence.” — The Oxford American
“In Elvis in the Morning, Buckley has crafted a warm, endearing and surprisingly intriguing fable about the wages of fame and the forces that shape our lives If you’re too young to remember the Cold War, this is an excellent way to discover how it felt. If you remember the Elvis era, you’ll have great fun reliving it.”— The News- Press (Ft. Myers, FL)
“It’s a joyful read.”— The Buffalo News
“The erudite Buckley concocts a charmingly sympathetic tale tracing the fictional relationship between a young boy and the King. Buckley captures the hope, the yearning, the magic and pathos of the ’50s and ’60s as few authors have in this “Almost Famous”- like reflection on two turbulent decades ... The well-worn contours of Elvis’s story take on a fresh sharpness when subjected to Buckley’s surprisingly tender treatment. This is a low-key pleasure of a read, a nostalgic tale that eschews mush and a heartfelt tribute to the tragic figure who touched so many lives.” — Publishers Weekly (boxed)
“A breezy, Ragtime-style tale starring Elvis Presley, with cameo appearances by Richard Nixon, Barry Goldwater, Col. Tom Parker, and many, many more.”— The Times- Union(Albany, NY)
William F. Buckley Jr. is the founder of National Review and was the host of television’s longest-running program, Firing Line. The author of many bestselling novels, he lives in Connecticut.
Elvis in the Morning eBook William F Buckley Jr
I have quite an extensive collection of books about Evis and am thrilled to find so many of Amazon. Most i have found leave the reader with positive good thoughts about Elvis. All have something different and, in my opinion, are well worth the purchase. Apparently there has been an on-going debate about whether Elvis died when the elaborate funeral was aired on TV. It is because of this I wrote a book, a couple of years ago, about my close encounter with him in the early morning of March 12, 1988; many years after it was reported he had died. It was a humongous shock for me and I finally decided to write it for my grandchildren. As well as the book I put it on guitar thumb drives for them. The Title is, 'Don't Cry Darlin' which is what he said to me. He looked just like the Elvis we all saw on TV and still had the beautiful clear blue eyes. He had won his fight with his weight and it was clear he did not have a drug problem....if he ever did. In any case, it is a fun read.Product details
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Elvis in the Morning eBook William F Buckley Jr Reviews
This book offers nothing new or striking on Elvis or his times. The story is more about Orson, an Elvis fan and socialist. Character development is disappointing, and the story line is implausible, particularly for this reader who has some familiarity with Elvis history. There are too many coincidences that conveniently appear when needed to move the story along. There are also annoying inconsistencies with reality, indicating a lack of homework. Important "real-life" characters are not accurately portrayed. Some are given short shrift or not mentioned. I really expected much more from Mr. Buckley.
A little known book
I found what Mr Buckley did with "this variation on the life of Elvis" quite interesting,
I truly didn't want to put it down, nor want it to end
It gives you a whole different perspective on Elvis and Priscilla's life. Not sure I believe it all, but I still love Elvis and commend Priscilla for how she kept his memory alive.
An unusual story about a young boy meeting his idol, Elvis, and their relationship until Elvis passed away. Real people and facts were interwoven into the narration.
That Elvis Presley was unusual is no surprise, but this story really focuses more on one very unusual fan. An expat American growing up in Germany is exposed to radical European politics and the music of the King.
It seems odd that Bill Buckley, who established his formidable reputation over nearly half a century writing as a political philosopher and polemicist, has made a kind of second career for himself as a novelist during the past couple of decades. And what's even odder is the thematic content of his novels, which often seems out of character with what one might anticipate knowing his political pre-occupations. The generosity of spirit with which he presents his characters, even those we expect him to be out of sympathy with, no doubt confounds Buckley's detractors, who like to characterize him as an unfeeling, intellectualizing zealot. Buckley's friends are in some cases probably troubled by the same trait, fretful that the old warrior may be harboring a soft spot. In this light, Elvis in the Morning is Buckley's most surprising book to date, at least among the ones that I 've read. In it, he fashions a relationship between a fictional character, one Orson Killere, and of all people, Elvis Presley. While I found it difficult to see exactly what Buckley was getting at in this novel, it seems to be about innocence, and the tendency of this most endearing of human qualities to turn to self-indulgence and, ultimately, self-destruction. Maybe there's supposed to be a metaphor for America there, but who knows? Orson, the 15-year-old son of a single mother working for the U.S. military in Germany in the mid 1950's, makes the local newspapers by stealing a batch of Elvis records form the PX to give away to the poor. Orson, you see, in addition to being an Elvis devotee, has under the influence of kindly Marxist teacher, become a young socialist. Elvis, who was also in Germany at the time for his stint in the Army, hears about the incident and as a sort of publicity stunt, visits the young fan. Improbably, the two of them become fast friends, with Orson introducing Elvis to Pricilla Beaulieu, the very same Pricilla Beaulieu who in real life will go on be become Elvis's famous child bride. Time passes and, back in the U.S., Elvis and Orson remain friends. Orson experiences a series of implausible life adventures, going to college, blossoming into an idealistic student protest leader, getting expelled, hitting the road as a penniless drifter, getting beat up by a hobo, marrying a kind and lovely girl who soon becomes mentally disabled in a car accident, going to work for a start-up technology venture, excelling at the job but getting fired for drug abuse. There's all this and more. Through it all, however, he stays in contact with Elvis, who is entering into his downward spiral and comes to value Orson as the one friend in his life whose sincerity and judgment he seems to trust. If all this sounds rather campish and weird in the re-telling, it reads that way too in the original. Several members of Elvis's real-life entourage, including his father Vernon and "Colonel" Tom Parker, appear as characters. The novel continues all the way up through Elvis's drug-induced death, with Col. Parker towards the end appealing to Orson to use his influence with Elvis to save him. I confess to enjoying this quirky book. Buckley's crisp and subtle prose is, as always, a delight to read, and the portrait of Elvis is interesting, showing him as a sincerely generous, talented and charismatic man, albeit childlike, doomed and half-crazy. However, Elvis in the Morning is not a good book, and I can't for the life of me fathom what inspired Buckley to write it, particularly at his stage of life. He seems to have no particular inside track on Elvis and apparently worked from nothing much more than the well-worn biographical material that's publicly available. The book will appeal to a limited segment of Buckley fans, among whom I include myself. Most others will probably want to avoid it.
I have quite an extensive collection of books about Evis and am thrilled to find so many of . Most i have found leave the reader with positive good thoughts about Elvis. All have something different and, in my opinion, are well worth the purchase. Apparently there has been an on-going debate about whether Elvis died when the elaborate funeral was aired on TV. It is because of this I wrote a book, a couple of years ago, about my close encounter with him in the early morning of March 12, 1988; many years after it was reported he had died. It was a humongous shock for me and I finally decided to write it for my grandchildren. As well as the book I put it on guitar thumb drives for them. The Title is, 'Don't Cry Darlin' which is what he said to me. He looked just like the Elvis we all saw on TV and still had the beautiful clear blue eyes. He had won his fight with his weight and it was clear he did not have a drug problem....if he ever did. In any case, it is a fun read.
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