A Lion Among Men (Wicked Years, #3)
Since the publication of Wicked, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes...
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Since the publication of Wicked, millions of readers have discovered Gregory Maguire's fantastically encyclopedic Oz, a world filled with characters both familiar and new, darkly conceived and daringly reimagined. In the third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion. At once a portrait of a would-be survivor and a panoramic glimpse of a world gone shrill with war fever, Gregory Maguire's A Lion Among Men is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780060859725 (0060859725)
Publish date: August 25th 2009
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages no: 308
Edition language: English
Series: The Wicked Years (#3)
This is the story of Brr, the Cowardly Lion ... who, having been sent on a mission to interview Mother Yackle about the Wicked Witch's Grimmerie, is finding out more about himself than about the book.As with Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Maguire demonstrates his fondnes...
I love Maguire's style and use of language. As he writes, I can hear his voice narrating and performing (which is why I won't spoil it with the audiobook, Maguire himself is a wonderful performer, and it was a delight to see him in person.) Lion is not as compelling as the previous two books, but ga...
least fav. But ending has me wondering.
In the third book of The Wicked Years series, we learn the story of Brrr, better known as the Cowardly Lion. Told mainly in retrospect, as he remembers his past, we get an interesting look at the Cowardly Lion, mainly a bit player in the life of Elphaba, the Wicked Witch of the West. He made many ...
Another good book that leaves an opening for another sequel. This did tie up lose ends for the Wicked Witch and gave a little more insight to Dorothy. I think we need the Wizard's point of view next.
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