I've read any number of books on the Killer and "Rockin' My Life Away" is a decent enough example of the subgenre of Jerry Lee Lewis books. Guterman is at pains to say that he is concentrating on Lewis's recording output, although the Killer's personal life and related problems are never far from the surface.

As a result of the decision to concentrate on Lewis's recording career means that "Rockin' My Life Away" is probably not for the acquaintances of the Killer but rather those that, like I, have made their way through the more sensationalist tomes on Lewis and now looking for the meat of what made him famous, rather than what made him infamous. ( )