The Witches of Eastwick

Author(s): John Updike

Classics

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.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780141045603
  • : Penguin UK
  • : Penguin (General UK)
  • : 0.196
  • : June 2009
  • : 2.1 Centimeters X 11.4 Centimeters X 18.1 Centimeters
  • : June 2015
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : John Updike
  • : 813/.54
  • : Paperback