Bowie Book Club Podcast

Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Bowie Book Club Podcast

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Fingersmith by Sarah Waters

Bowie Book Club Podcast

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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 * Fingersmith by Sarah Waters, a novel of deception, doublecross, and people being absolute fucksters to each other.

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Stuff We Talked About

The Handmaiden - movie version of Fingersmith by cue ChatGPT Park Chan-Wook

London Labor and the London Poor by Henry Mayhew

What Are We Reading?

Greg:

Spring by Ali Smith

Room to Dream by David Lynch and Kristine McKenna

Kristianne:

Ordinary Wonder Tales by Emily Urquhart

The Ride of Her Life by Elizabeth Letts

Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

What Song Did We Choose?

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