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Jesus Loves You: The Last Temptation of Boy George

Lucy O'Brien, Select, April 1991

Four years ago BOY GEORGE'S world crashed, his career in shreds as he struggled to come off heroin. He became a bitter, paranoid recluse, shunning the same media he'd once courted. In this rare interview, George and those close to him candidly tell one of pop's most fascinating stories — from the desperate craving for stardom to the tragic fall from grace, and how he found peace, strength and artistic satisfaction through Krishna

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