{"product_id":"the-comeback-9781917274029","title":"The Comeback : Elvis and the Story of the 68 Special","description":"\u003cp\u003e'An irresistible biography' Evening Standard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt remains the greatest comeback in music history. The Lazarus-like saga of Elvis Presley’s fall and rise, from Army discharge through Sixties Hollywood hell to divine black-leather resurrection.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 1968 dawns, the once ‘King’ of rock’n’roll faces cultural oblivion, a fading star lost in a 24\/7 delirium of women, pills and holy mumbo-jumbo, isolated from an America unravelling in its own chaos of war, racism, riots and assassinations. Until, against all odds, his world and theirs collide in the performance of his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published four years before Baz Luhrmann’s dramatisation of events in the Oscar-nominated 2022 biopic Elvis, Simon Goddard’s The Comeback is no less a vividly cinematic, pelvic-thrusting blockbuster. This Remastered edition includes a foreword from musician and journalist Bob Stanley.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Simon Goddard\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003ec 1960 to c 1970, Rock \u0026amp; Pop music, Individual composers \u0026amp; musicians, specific bands \u0026amp; groups, Biography: arts \u0026amp; entertainment, Social \u0026amp; cultural history\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 23 Apr 2026 by Omnibus Press.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon Goddard","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57319514603898,"sku":"9781917274029","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9781917274029.jpg?v=1790630422","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/ga\/products\/the-comeback-9781917274029","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}