Bowie Book Club Podcast Room at the Top by John Braine
Oct 24, 2022
36:28
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 Room at the Top by John Braine, about an angry young man in a dirty old town.
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Stuff We Talked About
- Life at the Top - the sequel!
- Man at the Top - the BBC sequel (to the sequel?)
- Simone Signoret
- Graywolf Press
- The Dorothy Project
- Chris O'Leary's Patreon
- Bluebeard - it was actually a mouse, not a cat!
What Are We Reading?
Greg:
- American Midnight edited by Laird Hunt
- Hand Drying in America by Ben Katchor
- Master of the Senate by Robert Caro
Kristianne:
- When I Sing, Mountains Dance by Irene Solà purchased at Symposium Books!
- Revenge of the Scapegoat by Caren Beilin
- All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews
- The Golden Enclaves by Naomi Novik
- Subdivision by J Robert Lennon bought at Exile in Bookville
- The Wild Hunt - by Emma Seckel
What Song Did We Choose?
What's Up Next
- In Bluebeard's Castle - George Steiner