The Witches of Eastwick
Author(s): John Updike
Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorc es with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream. Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick--and through the even darker fantasies of the town's collective psyche.
General Information
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- : Penguin UK
- : Penguin (General UK)
- : 0.196
- : 01 June 2009
- : 2.1 Centimeters X 11.4 Centimeters X 18.1 Centimeters
- : 01 June 2015
- : books
Other Specifications
- : John Updike