description: Many of us have known witches...but none like Jane, Sukie and Alexandra, a real coven. Artists, they sculpt, write and play...but that is all for the surface. Their beings are submerged...and malignant. Most men quail, but not Darryl Van Horne. A wealthy stranger who arrives in town, he goes them one better...he sets up as an alchemist. In John Updike's hands this material takes on a life of its own. Updike examines how women cope when they are alone...and how deprivation turns them into what they were afraid of becoming.
language: English
title: Witches of Eastwick
titlecomplete: Witches of Eastwick
characters: Jane Smart, Alexandra Spofford, Sukie Rougemont, Darryl Van Horne
genres: Fiction, Magic, American, Witches, Horror, Paranormal, Literature, Classics, Novels, Fantasy
ratings_count: 16922
places: Rhode Island, Eastwick, Rhode Island, The United States of America
series: Eastwick
awards: awardedAt: 441792000000
name: Los Angeles Times Book Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Random House Value Publishing