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Karma
- My Autobiography
- Narrated by: Boy George
- Length: 7 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
THE OFFICIAL STORY OF A MUSICAL ICON - TOLD IN FULL FOR THE FIRST TIME IN HIS OWN WORDS
'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.'
Karma 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, Karma 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.
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, Karma gives us a unique insight into Boy George's incredible story and the true evolution of a music icon.
'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.'
Critic reviews
'In what might be the most entertaining music memoir since Elton John's Me, Boy George's Karma weaves a meandering path through several decades' of fame, success, crash and burn, before delivering him into a kind of autumnal meditative serenity... This is George O'Dowd in all his exhausting glory.' Observer
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- Darren Northeast
- 28-12-23
Love ❤️
Love everything about Boy George and this book is no exception! Informative, interesting, bitchy and gossipy.... and I loved it!! x
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- Debbie
- 09-12-23
Fekt like you read it to me and no-one else 🥰
A lovely book, I also have the physical book but this was a treat. I felt like you were just reading it to me. So natural and your laughs made it personal to me.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-12-23
Loved it!
Reminded me of so much and I have to say the frank honesty had me hooked. A kiss straight back at ya George - I lost my beautiful Mum too this year, she would have loved this too. Recommend, don’t dither download and listen!
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- RH
- 19-11-23
Candid and immensely beautiful
Absolutely love this, watched Boy George since the beginning, also kinda met him once when he moved his friends from the bar so little old me could get to the bar and order drinks. What a gent 🥰
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- Tracey Kray
- 24-11-23
Compulsive listening
Very interesting person is George and has gone through too much in 62 years of life in this hell we call earth . The drugs part was hard to listen to. But was addicted to listening, keep on chanting x
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- Mrs Vivienne Wilson
- 21-11-23
Bursting with humour and compassion
I need everyone in my neighbourhood to listen to this while they were walking around, so that they too can burst into laughter, apparently randomly, the way I have done. This is a book about learning how to love and forgive yourself and all of those around you. It brought back memories of the early days of CC for me being at Cherry’s in Brighton when Amos was still performing with them (he wasn’t the youngest person there 😂). I’d forgotten about Philip Sallon and had to Google him to see what he’s up to now. I was at Clapham Common on that very sad day and didn’t want to believe what I saw in front of me. Who would have thought that Gary Kemp could have stolen the show from George? This book is incredibly positive. Even though George describes some very dark life events, his empathy and humour burst through infectiously. Viva Boy George!
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- einar o h fjoran
- 11-12-23
Loved it Boy George legend
I read take it like. Man too man to many times this is so much fun !! Love the laughing at yourself 😎
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- DeeGee
- 22-12-23
Open and funny account of a life being well lived!
A must listen... Even some music in there too 👍 I loved him anyway, but love him even more now!
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- Anonymous User
- 11-01-24
Amazing
Just a joy to listen too, funny, a very good book. love the song “Religion” xx
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- Anonymous User
- 14-01-24
Laughing with George
Funny, true and very honest. I’m the same age as George
and a Gemini. I’ve never smoked, taken drugs or drank, but I just loved listening to George’s colourful life. Well worth a listen and just love his laugh x
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