Elvis, My Brother/an Intimate Family Memoir of Life With the King
Poor Elvis. Twelve years after his death the insatiable pop-culture craving for gossip and anecdotes about his life remains unabated. At last count, the most recent Subject Guide to Books in Print listed over 60 Elvis titles written by biographers, friends, lovers, psychics, and family members. This latest addition to the burgeoning bibliography of Presleyana is Stanley's story of his 17 years (1960-77) as Elvis's stepbrother and, later, personal aide. Stanley collaborated with his brothers and mother in 1979 on Elvis, We Love You Tender ( LJ 1/15/80) and not much has changed since. Elvis's manifold affairs, drug abuse, religious mysticism, and generosity have been well documented and Stanley, who states up front that his "love for Elvis was unconditional," has few new revelations. The style is often clunky and awkward. Marginally recommended wherever Elvis fans are legion.- Barry Miller, Austin P.L., Tex.Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.