The Witches of Eastwick
JOHN UPDIKE

The Witches of Eastwick by John Updike 34 reviews (1984) (320p) LA Times Book Prize for Fiction

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BEFORE THEY WERE THE WIDOWS OF EASTWICK, OUR HEROINES WERE A TRIO OF DELIGHTFULLY WICKED WITCHES. In a small New England town in that hectic era when the sixties turned into the seventies, there lived three witches. Alexandra Spoffard, a sculptress, could create thunderstorms. Jane Smart, a cellist, could fly. The local gossip columnist, Sukie Rougemont, could turn milk into cream. Divorced but hardly celibate, the wonderful witches one day found themselves quite under the spell of the new man in town, Darryl Van Horne, whose strobe-lit hot tub room became the scene of satanic pleasures. To tell you any more, dear reader, would be to spoil the joy of reading this hexy, sexy novel by the incomparable John Updike. Praise for New York Times Bestseller The Witches of Eastwick: "A dazzling book . . . Updike is devilishly clever." –Los Angeles Times "New England's past and present are brilliantly interwoven in this narrative . . . [Updike] has brought [this] culture wittily and radiantly to life." –The New York Times "A great deal of fun to read . . . fresh, constantly entertaining . . . John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation." –The Philadelphia Inquirer "A wicked entertainment . . . In book after book, Updike's fine, funny impressionistic art strips the full casings of everydayness from objects we have known all our lives and makes them shine with fresh new connections." –The New Republic "Witty, ironic, engrossing, punctuated by transports of spectacular prose." –Time "Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have." –Newsday Selected by Time as one of the Five Best Works of Fiction of the Year From the Trade Paperback edition.

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Rabbit at Rest by John Updike 46 reviews (1990) (0p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Roger's Version by John Updike 12 reviews (1986) (352p) (NBCCA) (NYTimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

HUGGING THE SHORE by John Updike 4 reviews (1983) (919p) (NYTimes Non) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

BECH IS BACK by John Updike 3 reviews (1982) (208p) (NYTimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

Rabbit is Rich by John Updike 82 reviews (1981) (432p) (PP) (NBCCA) (NBA) (NYTimes) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Coup by John Updike 11 reviews (1978) (0p) (NBCCA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

The Centaur by John Updike 33 reviews (1963) (320p) (NBA) Read Reviews | Visit this book's Amazon.com page

John Updike Award Stats

Major Prize* Nominations 9   Unique Books Nominated for a Major Prize* 6   Pulitzer Prize Wins 2 Rabbit at Rest · Rabbit is Rich ·   Pulitzer Prize Nominations 2 Rabbit at Rest · Rabbit is Rich ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Wins 2 Rabbit at Rest · Rabbit is Rich ·   National Book Critics Circle Award Nominations 4 Rabbit at Rest · Rabbit is Rich · Roger's Version · The Coup ·   National Book Award Wins 2 Rabbit is Rich · The Centaur ·   National Book Award Nominations 2 Rabbit is Rich · The Centaur ·   Man Booker Prize Wins 0   Man Booker Prize Nominations 0   PEN/Faulkner Award Wins 1 The Early Stories ·   PEN/Faulkner Award Nominations 1 The Early Stories ·

*Major Prize = Pulitzer Prize, National Book Critics Circle Award, National Book Award, Man Booker Prize, and PEN/Faulkner Award

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