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Boy George read classics during jail stint.


Byline: ANI

London, October 20 (ANI): Disgraced pop star Boy George George Alan O'Dowd, better known as Boy George (born June 14, 1961 in Eltham, London) is a rock singer-songwriter. George grew up in a large, working-class Irish family, which originated in Thurles, in Co. Tipperary, Ireland.  has revealed that he dug his nose in a string of classic novels during his time in the prison.

The former Culture Club frontman front·man  
n.
1. also front man A man who serves as a nominal leader but who lacks real authority.

2. Music A leading singer with a group.
, real name George O'Dowd, was jailed in January for falsely imprisoning a male escort in his flat and beating the 29-year-old after a drug-fuelled nude photo shoot in 2007.

The 48-year-old was granted early release in May following his good behaviour.

"I felt strong throughout the whole thing because I knew there was a beginning and an end to it," the Daily Star quoted him as saying.

"So for me it was a matter of, 'Okay, so this is how long I'll be here, what am I going to do with the time?'

"I read everything I could. I read Bleak House Bleak House

a fortune is dissipated by the long legal battle of Jarndyce vs. Jarndyce, and the heir dies in misery. [Br. Lit.: Dickens Bleak House]

See : Injustice


Bleak House
, The Catcher in the Rye, The Ginger Man, A Confederacy Confederacy, name commonly given to the Confederate States of America (1861–65), the government established by the Southern states of the United States after their secession from the Union.  of Dunces," he added. (ANI)

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