num_pages: 374
description: This haunting, wildly original novel explores the lives of several characters entwined by The Wizard of Oz—both the novel written by L. Frank Baum and the strangely resonant 1939 film. WAS traverses the American landscape to reveal how the human imagination transcends the bleakest circumstance.
language: English
title: WAS
titlecomplete: WAS
genres: Retellings, LGBT, Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Novels, Historical Fiction, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Queer
ratings_count: 1776
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Penguin Books