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  • The Witches of Eastwick

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  • Written by: John Updike
  • Narrated by: Kate Reading
  • Length: 12 hrs and 9 mins
  • 3.8 out of 5 stars (10 ratings)

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The Witches of Eastwick

Written by: John Updike
Narrated by: Kate Reading
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Publisher's Summary

“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [is one of his] most ambitious works.... [A] comedy of the blackest sort.” (The New York Times Book Review)

Toward the end of the Vietnam era, in a snug little Rhode Island seacoast town, wonderful powers have descended upon Alexandra, Jane, and Sukie, bewitching divorcées with sudden access to all that is female, fecund, and mysterious. Alexandra, a sculptor, summons thunderstorms; Jane, a cellist, floats on the air; and Sukie, the local gossip columnist, turns milk into cream.

Their happy little coven takes on new, malignant life when a dark and moneyed stranger, Darryl Van Horne, refurbishes the long-derelict Lenox mansion and invites them in to play. Thenceforth scandal flits through the darkening, crooked streets of Eastwick - and through the even darker fantasies of the town’s collective psyche.

“A great deal of fun to read...fresh, constantly entertaining.... John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

“Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have.” (Newsday)
©1996 John Updike; 2008 Random House Audio
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What the critics say

“John Updike is the great genial sorcerer of American letters [and] The Witches of Eastwick [one of his] most ambitious works.... [A] comedy of the blackest sort.” (The New York Times Book Review)

“A great deal of fun to read... fresh, constantly entertaining... John Updike [is] a wizard of language and observation.” (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

“Vintage Updike, which is to say among the best fiction we have.” (Newsday)

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Misogynistic Drivel Dressed up in Feminism

One of the biggest disappointments I have ever read. Unfortunately this book is one of those sad cases where the movie far outstrips the book. Half the time I could not decide whether Updike loves or hates women and settled for the realization that he does not understand them. The whole thing was a weird fetishization and fantasy of women. I'm disappointed with myself for bothering to finish it. Kate Reading's work was fantastic, however, in spite of the terrible material.

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