George Michael: A Life

George Michael: A Life
James Gavin
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Hardback
h229 x 152mm - 528pg
7 Jul 2022 US
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9781419747946
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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. George Michael: A Life explores the compelling story of a superstar whose struggles, as well as his songs, continue to touch fans all over the world. Acclaimed music biographer James Gavin traces Michael' s metamorphosis from the shy and awkward Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou into the swaggering, dominant half of the leading British pop duo of the 1980s Wham!; he then details Michael' s sensational solo career and its subsequent unraveling. With deep analysis of the creative process behind Michael' s albums, tours, and music videos, as well as interviews with hundreds of his friends and colleagues, George Michael: A Life is a probing, definitive portrait of a pop legend.
"George Michael: A Life is quite a life--one you won' t easily forget. James Gavin has written a thoroughly researched, engrossing, and illuminating portrait of a pop icon battling his own demons, the era' s raging homophobia, and the ever-changing musical scene. Gavin captures the highs and lows with great intelligence and sensitivity. It' s insightful and profoundly moving. "-- "Patricia Morrisroe, author of Mapplethorpe: A Biography" "James Gavin is a biographer of the highest order, with a gorgeous sense of narrative and insight galore. His George Michael: A Life is a backstage, all-access pass into a glittery world filled with dark corners and trap doors. It' s a thrilling, albeit cautionary tale of success, excess, and a remarkable performer who met his destiny head-on. "-- "Bob Spitz, New York Times bestselling author of The Beatles: The Biography and Led Zeppelin: The Biography" "James Gavin is an ace biographer, and inGeorge Michael: A Life he tells the heartrending tale of a pop legend who couldn' t love himself but made the whole world feel good. "-- "Danny Fields, manager, the Ramones" "James Gavin has delivered a stunning, empathic, and peerlessly knowledgeable biography of George Michael. Gavin' s attention to his subject' s artistry, his honest treatment of Michael' s struggles, his sharp-eyed understanding of the last days of record-company dominance, and his comprehension of the shifting tides of gay acceptance in our culture are sublime. The author of biographies of Chet Baker, Lena Horne, and Peggy Lee has, with this book, firmed up his place as one of our very best writers about music and life. " -- "Sheila Weller, author of Girls Like Us: Carole King, Joni Mitchell, Carly Simon--and the Journey of a Generation"
James Gavin is a writer and music biographer whose work has appeared in the New York Times, Time Out New York, and Vanity Fair. He is the author of Deep in a Dream: The Long Night of Chet Baker, Is That All There Is? : The Strange Life of Peggy Lee, and Stormy Weather: The Life of Lena Horne. He lives in New York City.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9781419747946
Published: 7 Jul 2022
Published In: United States
Imprint: Abrams Press
Publisher: Abrams
Format: Hardback
Height: 229mm
Width: 152mm
Pages: 528

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