Elvis in the MorningHarcourt, 2001 - 328 страница 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 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 attendant publicity catches the star's attention, and he comes to visit his young fan. Thus begins a lifelong friendship. As Elvis's career rockets ever higher and his behavior becomes ever more erratic, the two share many adventures. The sixties explode, and Elvis becomes the icon of the nation, while Orson, a college demonstrator, drifts away from regular life while looking for something of substance to believe in. Each man is an emblem of his time, as social conventions crumble, barriers fall, and the cultural landscape changes forever. A panorama of change and dissent, of the ability of friends to stay true despite distance and time,Elvis in the Morning portrays a nation in change and the effects of celebrity on innocence. |
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... thought of it all ! Five prospective days for Orson in his beloved Paris without any thought of buses and subways and waiting in line . She wavered for one moment . Then shook her head . Of course the trip was out of the question ...
... thought of it all ! Five prospective days for Orson in his beloved Paris without any thought of buses and subways and waiting in line . She wavered for one moment . Then shook her head . Of course the trip was out of the question ...
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... thought with some satisfaction - he had read about Adonis ; beautiful , coddled , self - indulgent . When Elvis declared that he would under no circumstances " harm " Priscilla , Orson thought his word good for it - that far he could go ...
... thought with some satisfaction - he had read about Adonis ; beautiful , coddled , self - indulgent . When Elvis declared that he would under no circumstances " harm " Priscilla , Orson thought his word good for it - that far he could go ...
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... thought back , as if reflecting on a different person — for as long as he could remem- ber . But that one day at Michigan convulsed his perspective . In that one day he had engineered a farcical protest and gotten booted out of school ...
... thought back , as if reflecting on a different person — for as long as he could remem- ber . But that one day at Michigan convulsed his perspective . In that one day he had engineered a farcical protest and gotten booted out of school ...
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