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Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 5805010 1 5976996 1 6 2009 Advanced Elvis Course total:23|5:21|4:2|3:0|2:0|1:0| 23 113 77 3 634835 4.37 309 83 57788139 151993 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 2 false Fri May 29 16:14:06 -0700 2009 Tue Dec 22 13:19:06 -0800 2009 http://www.themillions.com/2009/12/a-yea... THIS COULDN'T MAKE ME HAPPIER!

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Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 1 false Sat May 16 15:47:21 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 06 11:52:03 -0700 2009 more...]]> 55483991 864690 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Sat May 09 10:29:42 -0700 2009 Sat May 09 10:31:11 -0700 2009
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Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Fri Dec 25 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 15:56:29 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 25 15:57:02 -0800 2009 81784319 1209392 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Dec 22 13:34:48 -0800 2009 Tue Dec 22 13:34:48 -0800 2009 81376859 2856667 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Dec 18 04:44:33 -0800 2009 Fri Dec 18 04:45:47 -0800 2009 2 81300590 918416 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Thu Dec 17 10:15:36 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 17 10:15:36 -0800 2009 81254466 2230919 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Wed Dec 16 19:45:05 -0800 2009 Wed Dec 16 19:45:05 -0800 2009 80742517 1493075 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Sat Dec 12 04:59:30 -0800 2009 Sat Dec 12 04:59:30 -0800 2009 80543117 363507 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Thu Dec 10 09:52:00 -0800 2009 Thu Dec 10 09:52:00 -0800 2009 80146258 1110931 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Dec 07 00:40:25 -0800 2009 Mon Dec 07 00:40:25 -0800 2009 79428554 1764215 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Mon Nov 30 12:23:24 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 12:23:24 -0800 2009 78866852 1226997 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Nov 24 11:32:46 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 24 11:32:46 -0800 2009 78820460 1158094 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Mon Nov 23 22:23:45 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 22:23:45 -0800 2009 75609341 290201 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Sat Oct 24 14:38:50 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 24 14:38:50 -0700 2009 75508729 129821 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Fri Oct 23 12:10:32 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 12:10:32 -0700 2009 74651274 1088951 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 5 0 false Thu Oct 15 14:11:17 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 14:11:17 -0700 2009 74604797 1753058 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Thu Oct 15 06:22:08 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 06:22:08 -0700 2009 74394756 2738616 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Tue Oct 13 09:52:15 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:52:15 -0700 2009 74238660 152962 5805010 1593762437 9781593762438 3 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196m/5805010.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1236023196s/5805010.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5805010.Advanced_Elvis_Course 4.91 23 http://www.brooklynrail.org/2009/06/book...

Part psychedelic road-trip travelogue, part “Overheard in Graceland,” part mystic-religious devotional, CAConrad's unabated love for the King puts him on a pilgrimage to Memphis; on an Advanced Elvis Course. These bizarre, multifaceted short pieces are an homage bursting with love, oddball white trash, and twisted sincerity.

Using a mélange of breathless energy and flamboyant desire, Conrad ensnares his reader from the first vignette, leaving us no choice but to doggedly follow him around the backwaters of Memphis. Conrad blurs the distinction between real and fictional experience to create a transcendental portrait of the legendary Elvis—the man who changed music and America forever. Through sources as disparate as graffiti, talk-show interviews, phone messages, and poetry, Conrad (whose unfettered energy is about as reality-based as an evening at Graceland) constructs a semimystical collage both celebrating and laughing with the cult of Elvis.

Get ready for a surreal tour of a celebrity-obsessed, picaresque America from one of its most unusual guides. Conrad delights in turning his fantasies into our reality, making this frenetic fictionalized experience “as real as if it were real.”]]> 2009 0 0 false Sun Oct 11 22:07:09 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 11 22:07:09 -0700 2009 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=5805010