Private Eye

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 Private Eye, a half-serious, half-silly British political magazine that is the ultimate in IYKYK.

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Stuff We Talked About

• Guardian article - "People trust Private Eye and what they read in it"

• Private Eye: The First 50 Years

• Maximum Rock and Roll

• The Stranger - Seattle's Only Newspaper

What Are We Reading (and when and where)?

Greg:

• Secret History by Donna Tartt (and the original Secret History by your boy Procopius!)
• Blood of the Virgin by Sammy Harkham
• Will Oldham on Bonnie "Prince" Billy edited by Alan Licht

Kristianne:

• Wolf in White Van by John Darinielle
• The Chuckling Whatsit by Richard Sala
• The Sound of Gravel by Ruth Wariner

What Song Did We Choose?

2nd place song!

What's Up Next

• Nowhere to Run by Gerri Hirshey