Older: The Unauthorized Biography of George Michael

by Tim Wapshott, Nicholas Wapshott

The whole, complicated, troubled and triumphant story of a man who was once a Greek Cypriot fat boy, became an Eighties pin-up as the driving partner of WHAM!, danced with Princess Diana, perfected the art of designer stubble-culture and, incidentally, became a singer along the way. By painfully and expansively insisting upon his rights as a performer and taking Sony to and through the courts to establish this, Michael not only fought for his own artistic freedom but set an important precedent for every other recording artist in the world. His musical renaissance is a personal and cultural landmark. Always personally evasive, he has endured wilfully mischievous speculations about his private life. In this book the Wapshott brothers go far towards clarifying the importance of his relationship with mercurial South American playboy who died, after which Michael publicly supported AIDS charities. Private grief, coupled with professional frustrations has lead to both silences and scores of unanswered questions about this complicated, feisty and much-misunderstood man.

368 pages, Paperback

First published August 13, 1999

Reviews

[Pamela · Rating 4 out of 5]

I enjoyed most of this biography of George. He was a great singer/songwriter/producer and will be sadly missed by all his fans.
I have been a fan since he started Wham! with Andrew but I felt I learnt a few new things still.
I've read a lot of books about George and this is certainly one of the better ones!

[Coyney · Rating 3 out of 5]

A very interesting read