Wicked [Movie tie-in #2]The #1 New York Times bestseller and basis for the international phenomenon that is Wicked: The Musical and the smash hit movie series. Look for part one of Wicked the movie, now streaming, and the stunning conclusion Wicked: For Good, in theaters now. With millions of copies in print around the world, Gregory Maguires Wicked is established not only as a commentary on our time but as a novel to revisit for years to come. Wicked relishes the inspired

Merry Widow hats

windswept landscape of the English moors

which has been delighting adults and children alike for over one hundred years

she’s married to man who can’t drive past a yard sale without stopping

and her college debt is still as high as the day she left

We see two boys set fires while their worlds fall apart

who—repeatedly and mysteriously—urges Simons to “be brave”

He’s Jay Christos

and fragrant

Two decades after the Civil War

Scattered among poor

he's remained free to woo any woman he chooses