Bonnier Books Ltd Hardback English
Karma
My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John' Observer
By Boy George
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<p><b>THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS<br><br>'Funny, smart and heartbreaking. Incredible... go listen to it or read it.' <i>Robbie Williams<br></i><br>'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's <i>Me... </i>This is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory.' <i>Observer<br></i><br>'Joyously indiscreet' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><br><i>'I went to a lot of trouble to create Boy George and then I went through a whole battle for years about not wanting to be him. But now I enjoy and embrace it in a way that I wasn't able to as a young person.... I'm finally learning to be George Alan O'Dowd from Eltham.'</i><br><br><br><i>Karma </i>is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. Told in his inimitable style, <i>Karma </i>tells the story of the charismatic frontman - the drama, the music, his journey of addiction and recovery, surviving prison, meeting legends like David Bowie, Prince and Madonna, and the highs and lows of a life lived in the spotlight and in the headlines.<br><br><br>This is the explosive and searingly honest account of Boy George's life as a child growing up in sixties London, coming out to his Irish Catholic family and exploring his sexuality through the hedonism of the seventies - the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club - and the heydays of the nineties, to finally embracing the man and artist that he is today. With all the humour, honesty, sarcasm (and hats!) that you'd expect, <i>Karma</i> gives us a unique insight into Boy George's incredible story and the true evolution of a music icon.<br><br><br><i>'Culture Club is always going to be one of those lovers I go back to. I've railed against it and that Boy George character I created. For years I convinced myself I was a creature of habit, unchangeable, immovable. But eventually you have to look in the mirror. Not looking for spots, looking for something deeper. Why the hell am I here? I would say life is the point of life.'</i></p>
<p><b>THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS<br><br>'Funny, smart and heartbreaking. Incredible... go listen to it or read it.' <i>Robbie Williams<br></i><br>'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's <i>Me... </i>This is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory.' <i>Observer<br></i><br>'Joyously indiscreet' <i>Daily Mail</i></b><br><br><br><i>'I went to a lot of trouble to create Boy George and then I went through a whole battle for years about not wanting to be him. But now I enjoy and embrace it in a way that I wasn't able to as a young person.... I'm finally learning to be George Alan O'Dowd from Eltham.'</i><br><br><br><i>Karma </i>is the definitive autobiography from the incomparable Grammy, Brit and Ivor Novello award-winning lead singer of Culture Club and LGBTQ+ vanguard: Boy George. Told in his inimitable style, <i>Karma </i>tells the story of the charismatic frontman - the drama, the music, his journey of addiction and recovery, surviving prison, meeting legends like David Bowie, Prince and Madonna, and the highs and lows of a life lived in the spotlight and in the headlines.<br><br><br>This is the explosive and searingly honest account of Boy George's life as a child growing up in sixties London, coming out to his Irish Catholic family and exploring his sexuality through the hedonism of the seventies - the glam rock and punk rock revolution that birthed Culture Club - and the heydays of the nineties, to finally embracing the man and artist that he is today. With all the humour, honesty, sarcasm (and hats!) that you'd expect, <i>Karma</i> gives us a unique insight into Boy George's incredible story and the true evolution of a music icon.<br><br><br><i>'Culture Club is always going to be one of those lovers I go back to. I've railed against it and that Boy George character I created. For years I convinced myself I was a creature of habit, unchangeable, immovable. But eventually you have to look in the mirror. Not looking for spots, looking for something deeper. Why the hell am I here? I would say life is the point of life.'</i></p>