Dec 3, 2018
GRACELAND - Bethan Roberts
What happens when your only son becomes The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll?
While the heat and music of the American South in the 40s and 50s play in the background, a heartbreaking portrait of a mother’s love and a son’s devotion...

GRACELAND - Bethan Roberts

What happens when your only son becomes The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll?

While the heat and music of the American South in the 40s and 50s play in the background, a heartbreaking portrait of a mother’s love and a son’s devotion takes centre stage. This is the dark underbelly of the Deep South - from the poverty and jailhouses of Tupelo to the excess of Memphis – drinking, diet pills, loneliness and loss. 

Our cover features a familiar portrait, gaudy, slick and saturated – and reveals the cracks beneath the surface, the sadness, the pain that comes with success and the vulnerability bred from superstardom.

The cover image is from the Michael Ochs Archive, Getty Images.

Graceland is published by Chatto & Windus in February 2019.

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