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