Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George

A Grammy Award for "Karma Chameleon" sealed Boy George's pop-icon status as the avant-garde star in Hasidic hat and quasi-religious robes, whose beguiling melodies and impertinent one-liners seduced an unsuspecting public. "Sex? I'd rather have a cup of tea," he said, teasing the world about his sexual leanings. But after reaching the pinnacle of success, his life took a devastating turn. Culture Club, George's pioneering band, went into eclipse, his hushed-up relationship with drummer Jon Moss fell apart, and Boy George found a new and dangerous obsession - drugs - ending up with a heroin addiction. In this electrifying autobiography Boy George tells the whole truth for the first time, and does so with total candor and irrepressible wit. Take It Like a Man is the story of the crazy highs and desperate lows; the family struggles; friends and lovers - gay, straight, and transvestite; the obsessive media infatuation; as well as the agony, shame and despair of drug withdrawal.

Biographies & Memoirs

Boy George

SPENCER BRIGHT

George O'Dowd

Arts & Literature

Harpercollins

The androgynous leader of the eighties' pop band, Culture Club, offers a candid look at his life, including his relationship with his drummer, his heroin addiction, his famous cross-dressing, and his fluctuating fame. Reprint. 50,000 first printing. $20,000 ad/promo.

Bright, Spencer

Humor & Entertainment

Perennial

“Where else but in Boy George’s autobiography would there be an index with these sorts of headings: Heroin; Michael, George; Hair, Dyeing. . . . Now that’s entertainment.” —Rolling Stone
Boy George—the iconic leader of the eighties’ pop and new wave band Culture Club—offers a candid look at his life, including his relationship with drummer Jon Moss, his addiction to heroin and difficult road to sobriety, his famous cross-dressing, and his fluctuating fame.

It Books

Straight

The autobiography of one of the UK’s most flamboyant and charismatic stars, guaranteed to shock, amuse and tantalize. In the thirteen years since the conclusion of the first part of his memoirs, Take It Like a Man, Boy George has reinvented himself. As that story closed, George was coming to terms with the fall-out from his drug addiction, the failure of his relationship with Jon Moss and the collapse of Culture Club. For lesser men this would have been the end, but for George it became the start of a period of startling personal and creative reinvention. Told with George’s trademark biting wit, brutal honesty and sparkling insight, this new book will bring his remarkable story up to date: from his role as a world-class DJ spearheading the dance music revolution in clubs all over the world, to his cutting-edge record label, and his role in the theatrical sensation Taboo. Tracing the momentous twists and turns of Boy George’s personal and artistic life over the last decade-and-a-half, Straight will not just be a riveting companion volume to the bestselling Take It Like a Man, but a truly fascinating book in its own right. From the Hardcover edition.

Arrow

Notorious for his gender-bending dress sense, at the forefront of the avant-garde 1980s scene, Boy George has been to hell and back since the height of Boy George mania in the early 1980s. Culture Club, George's pioneering band, went into eclipse. His hushed-up relationship with drummer Jon Moss fell apart. George found a new obsession - drugs. The tragic deaths of two close friends and two drug convictions brought shame and despair. This book tells the story of Boy George, of the highs and lows, the family struggles, bully boys and transvestites, friends, lovers and an obsessive media infatuation. George O'Dowd went through the agony of withdrawal and re-evaluated his life. Now, working and successful again, he tells his tale.

Take It Like a Man: The Autobiography of Boy George With Spencer Bright

SIDGWICK JACKSON

Boy George has experienced much since the heights of Culture Club. Musically his world fell apart, he was implicated in the heroin-induced death of a close friend, and he has only now triumphed in his own fight against drugs. In this book Boy George tells his own story - his childhood in Woolwich, the squat in Warren Street, the worldwide successes of Culture Club, the dresses, the bisexuality and then the fall.

Take It Like a Man : Autobiography of Boy George

Pan/Macmillan

Karma Cookbook: Great Tasting Dishes to Nourish Your Body And Feed Your Soul

Cookbooks, Food & Wine

Brown, Dragana G.

Vegetarian & Vegan

Diane Pub Co.

While they last, this incredible one of a kind collector's item for all Boy George fans is available in the US for the first time. Strictly Limited Edition - only 999 unique copies will ever exist - each one is uniquely numbered, signed by Boy George himself and certificated. Originally offered in the UK for 499 British Pounds ($760) and the US for $799, this stunning coffee-table book is the official and authorized, definitive legacy edition by the legendary pop icon. The book reveals a deep and personal journey through Boy George's fascinating life, from conception until now, in stunning imagery and reflective commentary. Each book includes a 10" picture disc vinyl, hand built into the back cover, featuring unheard and unreleased material from over the years. All that excites, but what really makes this book so cool and collectible is the exceptionally fine-crafted feel of the object. It calls to our sense of luxury and elegance, of uniqueness and quality ... exactly what Boy George represented in the day.... It s lovely, to have and to hold, Paste Magazine

King of Queens

Arts & Photography

James Perkins

Maggie Lloyd-Williams

Andy Contillon

Adam Goodyer

Music

New Leaf Distributing Co Inc

The autobiography of one of the UK’s most flamboyant and charismatic stars, guaranteed to shock, amuse and tantalize.In the thirteen years since the conclusion of the first part of his memoirs, Take It Like a Man, Boy George has reinvented himself. As that story closed, George was coming to terms with the fall-out from his drug addiction, the failure of his relationship with Jon Moss and the collapse of Culture Club. For lesser men this would have been the end, but for George it became the start of a period of startling personal and creative reinvention. Told with George’s trademark biting wit, brutal honesty and sparkling insight, this new book will bring his remarkable story up to date: from his role as a world-class DJ spearheading the dance music revolution in clubs all over the world, to his cutting-edge record label, and his role in the theatrical sensation Taboo.Tracing the momentous twists and turns of Boy George’s personal and artistic life over the last decade-and-a-half, Straight will not just be a riveting companion volume to the bestselling Take It Like a Man, but a truly fascinating book in its own right.From the Hardcover edition.

CENTURY: London

Karma: My Autobiography: 'The most entertaining music memoir since Elton John' Observer

BLINK Publishing

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