Book DetailsCountry: USA
Language: English
Genre: Modern Fiction
Publisher: Viking Books
Publication Date: 1996
Fictional Artist: Elvis Presley
Genre: Rock 'n' Roll
Country: USA
Real World Analogue: Elvis Presley
Jacket Blurb:
August 16 1977: Elvis Presley dies in Memphis, at a mansion called Graceland. A dozen years later, a man called Biggest Elvis - the oldest and fattest of a trio of Elvis impersonators - galvanizes the sailors and bar girls around the huge US navel base in Olongapo, Philippines. In their act, Baby Elvis (who does the youthful Presley), Dude Elvis (who does the movie years), and Biggest Elvis incarnate the King's evolving life. Their popularity grows: in a tawdry, anything goes town, a successful act becomes more than that, almost an obsession. But there are those who think that Biggest Elvis has to go...
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