{"product_id":"9781785121289-karma","title":"Karma","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMy Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John' Observer\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive autobiography from Culture Club frontman and LGBTQ+ icon, Boy George\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTHE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Funny, smart and heartbreaking. Incredible. go listen to it or read it.' \u003ci\u003eRobbie Williams\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's \u003ci\u003eMe. \u003c\/i\u003eThis is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory.' \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Joyously indiscreet' \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKarma \u003c\/i\u003eis 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, \u003ci\u003eKarma \u003c\/i\u003etells 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis 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, \u003ci\u003eKarma\u003c\/i\u003e gives us a unique insight into Boy George's incredible story and the true evolution of a music icon.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'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.'\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41747456917601,"sku":"9781785121289","price":8.48,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_36327632_b8a2ab46-12f4-4dfd-9f2b-687188f64f7c.jpg?v=1759409184","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781785121289-karma","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}