Fiction. After the infamous Ed Sullivan broadcast of Elvis Presley from the waist up, Elvis returns to his hotel with a soda pop in hand, and telephones his mother. For the duration of this novel, we are privy to a conversation that is imagined with amazing authenticity. Elvis talks of the girls and their distressed fathers, his concerts and his dreams. From his astonishment at the attention bestowed on him, to the ambitions that propelled his music, the young Elvis, early on the road to stardom, comes vividly to life. The voice, the attitude, the complete persona is captured with a simplicity that is both sensitive and startling.