Welcome to another episode of the Bowie Book Club, where wild speculation and grasping for straws about Bowie’s favorite books has reigned supreme since 2016. This time we read a doorstop of a history of the Russian Revolution: Orlando Figes' "A People's Tragedy.
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Stuff We Talked About
- NYT review of Figes' "The Story of Russia"
- The Five Best Books on the Russian Revolution
- Maybe we'll read Dr. Zhivago now?
- How Lenin and the Russian Revolution Changed Literature
- Russian Ark
- Pushing Ahead of the Dame on "Rebel Rebel"
The 2023 Book List!
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
- Epileptic by David B.
- Historia, issue 3 by Kelly Sue DeConnick (sorry, got the name totally wrong in the episode) and a bunch of incredible artists.
Kristianne:
- City of Thieves by David Benioff
- Kilometer 101 by Maxim Osipov
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
White Noise by Don DeLillo