Wicked

The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West

by Gregory Maguire
read October 2004
reviewed 2004-10-09
*****

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