With millions of copies printed worldwide, Gregory Maguire's Wicked has established itself not only as a commentary on our times, but as a novel to be revisited for years to come. Wicked revels in the inspired inventions of L. Frank Baum's 1900 novel, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, while playing on our collective memories of the 1939 MGM film starring Margaret Hamilton (and Judy Garland). In this fast-paced, fantastically real, and thoroughly entertaining novel, Maguire has populated the largely unknown world of Oz with the power of his own imagination.