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Wicked (Wicked Years 1): the movie and the magic, coming to the big screen this November

Wicked (Wicked Years 1): the movie and the magic, coming to the big screen this November

by Gregory Maguire (Author)

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    Paperback 2006

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 512
 Edition: paperback / softback
 Publisher: Headline Review
Published: 11 Sep 2006
ISBN 10: 0755331605
ISBN 13: 9780755331604
Book Overview: The stunning novel that casts a spell over every reader and inspired a phenomenally successful musical

Media 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 *
Author Bio

Gregory Maguire is a bestselling author who has earned rave reviews and a dedicated following for Wicked, the first novel in the Wicked Years quartet (which also included Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men and Out of Oz), that was made into an award-winning musical. 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.