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The Face Interview: Bono

Max Bell, The Face, December 1988

For many he's a rock messiah, a man with a message and all the answers. Perhaps that's why BONO did no interviews to promote what has become Britain's fastest-selling album ever, Rattle & HumHere he talks exclusively about God, sex, revolution — and drinking. Over the top or just close to the Edge?

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