READING GUIDE CLASSICS
10 books you’ve simply GOT to read

1.
The Island
by Victoria Hislop


2. The Pirate's Daughter
by Margaret Cezair-Thompson



3. Small Island
by Andrea Levy



4. The Interpretation
of Murder
by Jed Rubenfeld



5. The Secret Life of Bees
by Sue Monk Kidd



6. Wicked
by Gregory Maguire



7. The Vanishing Act
of Esme Lennox

by Maggie O'Farrell



8. Anansi Boys
by Neil Gaiman



9. The Lost Art of
Keeping Secrets
by Eva Rice



10. Reading In Bed
by Sue Gee



 




WICKED by GREGORY MAGUIRE

Wicked by
Gregory Maguire



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3 REASONS TO READ…

1. This fresh take on the story of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz inspired a phenomenally successful musical

2. Gregory Maguire specialises in "parallel novels" (books based on a novel by another author) and this is his most famous novel to date

3. It will make you view the Wicked Witch of the West in a whole new light

 

An astonishingly rich re-creation of the land of Oz, this book retells the story of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West, who wasn't so wicked after all.

Taking readers past the yellow brick road and into a phantasmagoric world rich with imagination and allegory, Gregory Maguire just might change the reputation of one of the most sinister characters in literature.



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