The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard

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 Hidden
Persuaders
by Vance Packard, a quaint little preview of the non-stop psychological prodding we endure now.

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Stuff We Talked About

Salon article on the book
article on Bowie's brief spell as an ad man in The Drum
our episode on A People's Tragedy

What Are We Reading
Greg:

The Pickwick Papers (of course!) by Charles Dickens
Rim of Morning by William Sloane
Gone to the Wolves by John Wray

Kristianne:

The Sleeping Car Porter by Suzette Mayr
Julia by Sandra Newman

Our Best of 2023!
Greg:

Fingersmith in a 3-way split with White Noise and 42nd Parallel
Dreaming as Delerium by J. Allen Hobson
The House with a Clock In Its Walls by John Bellairs
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride

Kristianne:

also Fingersmith!
How High We Go in the Dark by Sequoia Nagamatsu
Thistlefoot by Gennarose Nethercott
East of Eden by Johnny Steinbeck
Small Fires by Rebecca May Johnson

What Song Did We Choose?

What's Up Next
Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler