Bowie Book Club Podcast

The Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa

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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 Leopard by Giuseppe di Lampedusa, a slow, stately book about a very hot island.

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    Stuff We Talked About
    • The movie version of The Leopard
    • The Last Leopard - biography of Guisippe di Lampedusa by David Gilmour
    • Guardian article on Lampedusa and Machievelli
    • NYT article on the 50th anniversary of the book

      • Here's the trailer for Moonage Daydream

      What Are We Reading?

      Greg:

      • The Dancing Plague by Gareth Fellowes
      • A Distant Mirror by Barbara Tuchman
      • A Year with Swollen Appendages by Brian Eno

        • Kristianne:

        • The House of the Spirits by Isabelle Allende
        • The Antidote by Oliver Burkeman
        • The Inheritance of Orquidea Divina by Zoraida Cordova
          • What Song Did We Choose?

          In Italian!

          What's Up Next
          • On the Road - Jacky Kerouac
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