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.
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 Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol a picaresque novel of a grifter being grifty in Old Russia.
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 Hollywood Babylon a cruel and carnal compilation of old Hollywood tragedies written by Kenneth Anger, who apparently shares our disdain for thorough research!
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 Roadside Picnic by Boris and Arkady Strugatsky, a hard-boiled story of mysterious realms, stiff drinks and super-powered artifacts.
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 Day of the Locust by Nathaniel West, a grim fable of the darker side of Hollywood in the 30's - and reveal our books for 2020!
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 Bird Artist by Howard Norman, a tale from the frosty realm of Newfoundland, where women are women and men are mopey.
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman Amazon | IndieBound
The Ghost Clause - Howard Norman's latest book.
Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
Davidson Galleries in Seattle
Loganberry Books in Cleveland
Book lists are really hard to put together - this from books that we read over the last decade (not necessarily books that came out in the last 10 years).
Day of the Locust by Nathanael West Amazon | IndieBound
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 Insult by Rupert Thomson, a book about pyschosis and the seedy underbelly of society that turns out to be two books in one, much to Greg's chagrin.
The Insult by Rupert Thomson Amazon | IndieBound
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon
Alnilam by James Dickey
Overstory by Richard Powers
Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead
Titus Groan by Mervyn Peake
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Hex Enduction Books and Records in Seattle
The Bird Artist by Howard Norman Amazon | IndieBound
