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 The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi, which might be the most Bowie of the Bowie books we've read so far, in some ways.
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Stuff We Talked About
My Beautiful Laundrette was Daniel Day-Lewis's first movie!
Shattered - Kureish's memoir of recovering from devastating physical loss.
The Royal Shakespeare Company's production of The Buddha of Suburbia
Silouhettes and Shadows - great book on Scary Monsters by Adam Steiner
Kureish writing on the writing of this book.
What Are We Reading
Greg:
- Jerusalem by Alan Moore AND THATS IT (besides the mystery book he just got)
- Ok, Mercury Pictures Presents by Anthony Marra
Kristianne:
- Cahokia Jazz by Francis Spufford
- Moonbound by Robin Sloan
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea by TJ Klune
- Book of Night by Holly Black
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky