This is the incredibly sad story of one of the most elusive figures in pop culture.These three men were close to Elvis as part of his Memphis mafia, and for the firsttime, we get a sense of what it was like to be around Elvis, and why his deathwas probably inevitable. For years I wondered why no one helped Elvis. It's clearfrom this book that Elvis' own demons drove him to take drugs and stay with it. Thevillains in this book are not the typical ones mentioned in an Elvis book, such asthe Colonel (although he does get a roasting) but rather Vernon and Priscilla, whoare portrayed as cyphers who cared more about the money than making sure Elvis survived.