Wicked

#1 Wicked Years

Gregory Maguire

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Headline
08 October 2024

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Fantasy

A stunning deluxe hardback edition of the global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon, with the much-anticipated movie coming to the big screen in November 2024.

This edition comprises:

* Holofoil design
* Soft-touch hardback cover
* Full-colour illustrated endpapers
* Head and tail bands
* Ribbon marker

In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren't told the whole story?

Long before Dorothy followed the yellow brick road, and triumphs over the Wicked Witch of the West, a little girl with emerald-green skin is born in the land of Oz.

Elphaba grows up to be smart and prickly, a lonely outsider with an extraordinary talent for magic. Arriving at university, she dares to believe she might finally fit in.

But Oz isn't the haven she'd dreamed of. Some of its citizens are in grave danger, and Elphaba is determined to protect them from the Wizard's power.

And when the world declares her a wicked witch, Elphaba takes matters into her own hands...

Fall under the Wicked spell this year!

By: Gregory Maguire
Imprint: Headline
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 154mm, Width: 234mm, Spine: 38mm
Weight: 780g
ISBN: 9781035400829
ISBN 10: 1035400820
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 08 October 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

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.