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Peter Guralnick graduated from '' completed Guralnick's massive examination of Presley's life. The two books encompass more than 1,300 pages, some 1,150 of which are text. The quality of his work on Presley led to Guralnick being selected by Rolling Stone to contribute to the Presley section in their book, '' The Rolling Stone Illustrated History Of Rock & Roll ''. In contrast to contemporaries such as Lester Bangs and Nick Tosches , whose music writing is marked by an idiosyncratic, self-referential, and highly personal style, Guralnick's writing is characterized by a style that is, though colloquial, clean and understated by comparison. In his best passages, Guralnick shows an uncanny ability to simultaneously empathize and remain objective. Above all, Guralnick writes as a fan of music; his enthusiasm powers his writing but doesn't overpower it. Guralnick was hired to write the script for the '' narrated by Billy Bob Thornton . He also wrote the script for the video production, '' Sam Cooke - Legend '' that was narrated by Jeffrey Wright . BOOKS EXTERNAL LINKS
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