Son of a Witch : A Novel by Gregory Maguire (2006, Trade Paperback)

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100060747226
ISBN-139780060747220
eBay Product ID (ePID)50586037

Product Key Features

Book TitleSon of a Witch : a Novel
Number of Pages352 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2006
TopicFantasy / Contemporary, Fantasy / General, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology, Action & Adventure
GenreFiction
AuthorGregory Maguire
Book SeriesWicked Years Ser.
FormatTrade Paperback

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Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight13.3 Oz
Item Length9.2 in
Item Width6.1 in

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ReviewsA tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil., "Maguire is full of storytelling brio . . . his Oz is meticulously drawn." -- New York Times "A tale that adroitly mixes drama, humor, and political satire into a well-knit examination of good and evil." -- Library Journal "Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining." -- Boston Globe "Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness." -- People "As fantastical as a novel set in Oz should be." -- Entertainment Weekly For Wicked: "I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story." -- --Wally Lamb, author of She's Come Undone and I Know This Much is True "An amazing novel." -- --John Updike "Save a place on the shelf between Alice and The Hobbit--that spot is well deserved." -- --Kirkus Reviews, Maguire's captivating, fully imagined world of horror and wonder illuminates the links between good and evil, retribution and forgiveness., For Wicked:"I fell quickly and totally under the spell of this remarkable, wry, and fully realized story.", Maguire has done it again: Son of a Witch is as wicked as they come. . . . Thoroughly entertaining.
Dewey Edition22
Series Volume Number2
Dewey Decimal813/.54
SynopsisThe Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire'sSon of a Witch -the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz-a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the EmeraldCity, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure,Son of a Witch is a true wonder., The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire s Son of a Witch the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder. ", The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire's Son of a Witch--the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz--a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder., The Wicked Years continue in Gregory Maguire's Son of a Witch --the heroic saga of the hapless yet determined young man who may or may not be the offspring of the fabled Wicked Witch of the West. A New York Times bestseller like its predecessor, the remarkable Wicked, Son of a Witch follows the boy Liir on his dark odyssey across an ingeniously re-imagined and nearly unrecognizable Land of Oz--a journey that will take him deep into the bowels of the Emerald City, lately abandoned by the Wizard, and into the jaws of dragons. At once a grim fairy tale and an uplifting adventure, Son of a Witch is a true wonder.
LC Classification NumberPS3563.A3535S66 2006
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