Baby, Let’s Play House: The Life Of Elvis Presley Through The Women Who Loved Him
by Alanna Nash

Girls! Girls! Girls!

As time goes on, there are evermore words written about Elvis and, as a consequence, it becomes rather tricky to find any new information amid the morass. Thankfully, Nash has a great angle in detailing the familiar rise and fall of the icon, telling the tale mostly through the words of the women who passed through his kingly orbit.

The author, who has also penned a fantastic exposé of the life of Colonel Parker, has a meticulous eye for extracting interviews from a plethora of previously-printed sources, along with some first-hand chat and help from the likes of Memphis Mafia member Joe Esposito. The Presley family tale is delved into with a welcome depth of research; Elvis’ ancestry here holds a few eyebrow-raising surprises which are worth the time. Presley’s sexual nature and obsession with his mother are key themes throughout the book, and his fundamental guilt at being the twin that survived is, according to the author, what made him a philanderer and egotist. It’s an intriguing theory and one that won’t please some fans, but this book is no tenuous cash-in and Nash provides good evidence to back up her claims.

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ISBN 9781845135119, 684 pages

Reviewed by Joe Shooman
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