Bowie Book Club Podcast

The Hidden Persuaders by Vance Packard

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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

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