Reader’s Corner: Bowie’s Books

When you look at this list of David Bowie’s 100 favorite books, a few seem obvious, given his predilection (particularly in the Berlin phase) for bleak, chilly dystopias and tales of alienation and schizophrenic dislocation. So, of course he liked:

1984by George Orwell A Clockwork Orangeby Anthony Burgess City Of Nightby John Rechy The Origin Of Consciousness In The Breakdown Of The Bicameral Mindby Julian Jaynes

But then there are some books, urbane novels of wit and glee, that don’t exact...