Wicked

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire
read October 2004
reviewed Oct 9 2004
*****

Grim, ugly, painful. Beautifully written. The Wicked Witch recast as an intellectual, emotionally crippled revolutionary in a society reminiscent of Victorian England and Tsarist Russia. Terrific idea, terrific execution.

fantasy retelling