George Michael: A Life Av James Gavin

<B>In <I>George Michael: A Life</I>, “Gavin’s engrossing biography of the singer takes the measure of a gifted, tragic, and infuriating man” (<I>New York Times Book Review</I>).</B><BR/><BR/> George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance, and his music swept the world, starting in the mid-1980s. His fabricated image—that of a hypermacho sex god—loomed large in the pop culture of his day. It also hid—for a time—the secret he fought against revealing: Michael was gay. Soon his obsession with fame would start to backfire. As one of the industry’s most privileged yet tortured men began to self-destruct, the press showed little sympathy. <I>George Michael: A Life</I> explores the compelling story of a superstar whose struggles, as well as his songs, continue to touch fans all over the world.<BR/><BR/> Acclaimed music bi

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