This New York Times bestseller--the basis of the Tony Award]-winning musical Wicked--introduces Elphaba, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West in Oz.
Brilliantly inventive, Wicked offers us a radical new evaluation of one of the most feared and hated characters in all of literature: the much maligned Wicked Witch of the West who, as Maguire tells us, wasn\'t nearly as Wicked as we imagined..
This is the book that started it all The basis for the smash hit Tony Award-winning Broadway musical, Gregory Maguire\'s breathtaking New York Times bestseller Wicked views the land of Oz, its inhabitants, its Wizard, and the Emerald City, through a darker and greener (not rosier) lens.
Now, her side of the story is told.
This New York Times bestseller--the basis of the Tony Award]-winning musical Wicked--introduces Elphaba, a smart, prickly, and misunderstood creature who will grow up to become the infamous Wicked Witch of the West in Oz