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 Hawksmoor by Peter Ackroyd, a wildly entertaining story of occultism, the churches of London, police procedures and how time isn't as straightforward as you might think.
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Stuff we Mentioned
Holy crap, Derek Jacobi is good at reading this book.
@persipan is our hero for giving away copies of Hawksmoor that she found at thrift stores!
From Hell by Alan Moore and Eddie Campbell
Also check out Eddie's Bacchus series for slightly more light-hearted historical fare.
Psychogeography - it is a thing!
Plans for Hawksmoor's churches (h/t to @tr_v_n)
Is Nicholas Dyer BOB?
Interview with us in the Last Bookstore's blog!
Peter Ackroyd's Desert Island Discs is a delight.
A Man in A Room, Gambling by Gavin Bryers and Juan Muñoz - apologies for getting the name wrong!
Cheating on David - what else we're reading!
What's Up Next
We'll be back mid-February to catch up on the doings of Duncan Jones and the #bowiebookclub and preview our next book - Before the Deluge by Otto Friedrich, a portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, which we'll discuss in great and discursive detail at the end of the month as is our wont.
What Song Did We Choose?
We chose “A Small Plot of Land" after @juliavyse said that she heard so much of Outside) in the book. Here's what @bowiesongs has to say about it.