The Witches of Eastwick

Updike, John

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Author
Updike, John
Publish Date
01/01/1984
Book Type
Hardcover
Publisher Name
KNOPF
Number of Pages
306
Edition
1St Edition
ISBN-10
0394537602
ISBN-13
9780394537603
SKU
9780394537603

Description

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 divorcées 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.

From the Trade Paperback edition.