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A brightly imaginative novel grounded in pop culture, laced with dark humor, and propelled by musical prose. Aron Beale is the unacknowledged son of Elvis Presley, and his plans to publish a revealing memoir bring out lawyers, religious fanatics, and death threats to silence him. But a serendipitous love affair, sparked by his own, decades old chart-topping song, gives Aron the resolve to confront his past and the surreal predicament of an absent father who is endlessly present.

Joseph Coulson is a novelist, poet, playwright, and teacher. His published books include The Vanishing Moon (Book of the Year Award, Gold Medal in Literary Fiction, ForeWord Magazine) and Of Song and Water (finalist for the Great Lakes Book Award).