Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West - Gregory Maguire

A very clever novel. Prose and plot that would probably stand on its own.

as if her form were knit with iron and whiskey instead of bones and blood.

Strangely, built on top of 'The Wizard of Oz' turns this book into something special.

The alien girl- she called herself Dorothy- was by virtue of her survival, elevated to living sainthood. The dog was merely annoying

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