Impersonating Elvis

By Leslie Rubinkowski

In August 1997 the world will mark the 20th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley. To coincide with this event, journalist Leslie Rubinkowski offers this irreverent but respectful, hilarious but... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571199119
• ISBN13: 9780571199112
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 301 Pages
• Weight: 1.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 6.5"

Customer Reviews

Leslie's work is great!

I know Leslie and heard her read parts of this book out loud and describe how she wrote it. She is an excellent journalist and her book is funny, witty and excellently written!

Finally...a FAIR portrayal of Elvis Impersonators

I'm an Elvis Tribute Artist from Maryland ("Dave Elvis") and I enjoyed this book. Along with William Henderson's "I, Elvis: Confessions of a Counterfit King," it's one of the more fair portrayal of EP impersonators. No, we're not all a bunch of overweight, drugged, and unemployed guys who sit around all day in jumpsuits watching "Viva Las Vegas" and eating peanut butter and bananna sandwiches. We have jobs like everybody else, but paying tribute to Elvis is what we enjoy with our spare time and it seems to make a lot of folks happy. To whoever was responsible for the Kircus review which is, to say the least, condescending towards Tribute Artists, I have only one thing to say: You aint nuttin' but a houng dog!

A must -have for Elvis info lovers

The King is still alive and kicking his heels on stage through Elvis impersonators. Rubinkowski tells their tale in a respectful manner. It would be easy to pass these folks off as kooks. Instead she allows us to follow real-life stories of Dennis Stella and Mike Memphis, among others, as well as providing a lot of information about the celebrity impersonation culture. The book is interesting, funny and touching, and I recommend it to anyone who still holds the King close to their heart.