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 Farfetched, Poorly Written Aug 03, 2010
By Roy F. Johnson
That Elvis would or could convincingly trade places with a double is absurd. And we are talking about fooling almost every real person that Elvis knew including Dr. Nick, all but one member of Elvis's family, servants and insiders at Graceland, Colonel Parker, Ginger Alden, whom he was planning to marry, and especially his daughter Lisa Marie. In the story, only Elvis's father Vernon knows about the switch.
There are many implausible aspects to the story. Elvis undergoes plastic surgery twice, once to hide his identity, and then again over a decade later, apparently to restore it. At age 42, Elvis goes to Italy, learns Italian, and becomes an opera star. People and circumstances are conveniently produced when needed. Perhaps most noticeable is the sudden death of Elvis's double almost immediately after he takes Elvis's place. This eliminates the opportunity to test his credibility as an Elvis's replacement.
The expensive trial to recover Elvis's life insurance money was unnecessary. Before that would have happened, someone would have thought to exhume the body in Elvis's grave to check the fingerprints and DNA.
In this story, there is very little participation by real life characters from Elvis's life. Of those, Vernon, Elvis's father, has the most lines. Aside from Elvis, the main characters are fictional.
There is excessive, sometimes repetitive, and often irrelevant story and dialogue. This book could have been boiled down to considerably fewer pages, and there weren't many pages to begin with.
The timeline of events sometimes seems awkward. I'm not talking about just having a flashback. From one sequential chapter to the next, the timeline can jump around (e.g. Chapter 14 to 15). Then there is the strange final chapter which seems to be an afterthought continuation of the first chapter.
There are at least a few misspellings. Immediately noticeable is the foreword which is titled "forward", a grade-school error. Ginger Alden's last name is spelled "Aldan" on one page (p.192) and "Alden" on the next. The word "suspicions" is spelled "suspicians" on one line, and two lines later it is spelled correctly (page 152). I wondered if this book had been independently proofed for punctuation and grammar, not to mention editorially reviewed for content.
The table of contents indicates that the book is broken into parts, but Chapter One is not included in Part One. Also, the parts are indicated only in the table of contents. By just reading the book, you would not know that it was divided into parts.
It is not until we are well into the book, to page 67, that we are told that Elvis did not die, inferring that his double did. If it was intended that this be a mystery in those pages, the back cover clearly reveals the truth before we even open the book.
Breakdown of the book (number of pages):
Foreword - 1 1/4
Acknowledgments - 2/3
Table of Contents - 1
Body of the book - 200
References - 1 1/2
Index - none
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 Is Elvis Still Alive? Feb 15, 2010
By Jill A. Roland
I could not put this book down. The one question you will be asking yourself after reading this book is......Could that have been someone else, besides Elvis found in the bathroom at Graceland? Don't miss the chance to read this book!!!! You may think Elvis is still alive like I do!!!
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The Resurrection of the King: The Most Compelling Elvis is Alive Story Ever Told... May 22, 2009
By Jack Liston
"ELVIS fan"
GREAT story!! I couldn't put it down. Didn't want the story to end. Written well & very believable. I really enjoyed it! I HIGHLY recommend for ANY ELVIS fan!!
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
GREAT ELVIS BOOK Sep 30, 2008
I REALLY ENJOYED READING THIS BOOK.I KNOW ELVIS IS STILL ALIVE.I LIKE READING BOOKS LIKE THIS.
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