Tender - Hardcover
Drawing on biographical information, Mark Childress has imagined the private Elvis, the only child who re-invented himself using music and sexual audacity. This book creates the characters and events in his life.
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"A big, all-American, Technicolor® dreamboat of a book . . . This is a great novel."
--Stephen King
"HAUNTING . . . An evocation of an American phenomenon and the time and place that nurtured an ascent to glory. Childress gets everything right."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A personal portrait that focuses on the innocence and insecurities of a young man as well as his legendary fame . . . It reads with a rhythm as fast and riveting as that of the music described within."
--Atlanta Journal & Constitution
"Takes myth, dream, and music and turns them into something miraculous, dazzling."
--Pat Conroy
From the Inside Flap:
--Stephen King
"HAUNTING . . . An evocation of an American phenomenon and the time and place that nurtured an ascent to glory. Childress gets everything right."
--Los Angeles Times Book Review
"A personal portrait that focuses on the innocence and insecurities of a young man as well as his legendary fame . . . It reads with a rhythm as fast and riveting as that of the music described within."
--Atlanta Journal & Constitution
"Takes myth, dream, and music and turns them into something miraculous, dazzling."
--Pat Conroy
was a sprinkling of poor houses at the scratched-out back edge of Mississippi--and the birthplace of a boy who would become the greatest rock legend of his time.
In Tender, novelist Mark Childress has redefined the American epic. He takes us on a wild ride through the last three decades as his fictional hero, Leroy Kirby, makes his meteoric rise to stardom, from the poverty-stricken child of an overprotective mother and absent father, to an icon who stands for everything American--a role that will ultimately consume him. After reading Tender, you will never think about the South, fame, or rock-and-roll the same way again.
In Tender, novelist Mark Childress has redefined the American epic. He takes us on a wild ride through the last three decades as his fictional hero, Leroy Kirby, makes his meteoric rise to stardom, from the poverty-stricken child of an overprotective mother and absent father, to an icon who stands for everything American--a role that will ultimately consume him. After reading Tender, you will never think about the South, fame, or rock-and-roll the same way again.
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- PublisherPenguin Putnam~childrens Hc
- Publication date1991
- ISBN 10 0670836656
- ISBN 13 9780670836659
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages576
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