The global bestseller that inspired the hit musical phenomenon.
Major, much-anticipated movie coming to the big screen this November.
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In this classic tale of good and evil, what if we weren’t told the whole story?
Long before Dorothy follows 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 🌟
‘One of my absolute favourite books! A completely different take on the classic’
‘Kept me on the edge of my seat from the second I picked it up’
‘I have a penchant for fairytale retellings that are a bit dark and misunderstood villains and this ticked all my boxes’
‘This is a real Oz, it makes you believe in it’
‘A real joy to sink into a very different world’
‘You see the Wicked Witch and Dorothy in a whole new light’
‘Funny, sad and unputdownable’
‘Honestly, it’s better than The Wizard of Oz!’
‘Wonderfully written, witty and thought provoking’
‘A favourite of mine for many many years’
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Reviews
'Gregory Maguire's Wicked falls into a fascinating sub-genre of novels that revisit well-known stories as much in the spirit of criticism as homage. Maguire...makes sense of Baum's whims, creating a credible Oz for grown-ups, with religion, politics, racial tensions, an economy, mythology, humour and sex... As moving and tragic as it is refreshing and scurrilous... This outstanding novel.'