Wicked (#1)

Author: Gregory Maguire

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  • : $26.99 AUD
  • : 9780755331604
  • : Headline Publishing Group
  • : Headline Review
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  • : 0.33
  • : June 2006
  • : 197mm X 129mm X 33mm
  • : United Kingdom
  • : 22.99
  • : April 2013
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  • : Gregory Maguire
  • : Wicked Years Ser.
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
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  • : English
  • : 813.54
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  • : 512
  • : Modern fiction
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Barcode 9780755331604
9780755331604

Description

An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all. Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.

Promotion info

The stunning novel that casts a spell over every reader and inspired a phenomenally successful musical

Reviews

'Gregory Maguire's Wicked" falls into a fascinating sub-genre of novels that revisit well-known stories as much in the spirit of criticism as homage. Maguire...makes sense of Baum's whims, creating a credible Oz for grown-ups, with religion, politics, racial tensions, an economy, mythology, humour and sex... As moving and tragic as it is refreshing and scurrilous... This outstanding novel.' -- The Independent 20060308

Author description

Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked". He received his doctorate in English Literature from Tufts University, and has taught at Simmons College and other Boston area colleges. He has also served as an artist-in-residence at the Blue Mountain Center, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum and the Hambridge Center. Gregory has lived in Dublin and London, but now makes his home near Boston, Massachusetts, with his partner, their two sons and daughter.