A Lion Among Men [Hardcover] Maguire, Gregory

Description: From Publishers Weekly The entertaining third installment of bestseller Maguire's Wicked Years series, a revisionist chronicle of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, examines the tragically misunderstood life of the Cowardly Lion before and after his adventures with Dorothy and company. As all-out war looms between the Munchkinland guerrillas and the emperor of Oz's Emerald City soldiers, Brrr the lion, now working as an imperial spy, must somehow glean invaluable information from a crone named Yackle before she dies. But during his interrogation of the irritable oracle, Brrr, the proverbial loner and outsider, uncovers insights into his own mysterious past—and finally begins to understand what it feels like to belong. As usual, the author mixes some relatively weighty existential themes—the search for self, faith, redemption—into his whimsical story line. Newcomers to Maguire's Oz should probably begin with Wicked, the first entry in this darkly enchanting saga. 11-city author tour. (Oct. 14) Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Product description This is the Limited and Signed First Edition, specially bound and produced by the publisher, 2008, first printing, 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1, SIGNED by the author on a special page provided by the publisher for this issue, a new, unread, unworn, unopened, otherwise unmarked hardcover, with an equally fine unclipped ($26.95 top, 1006 bottom, front flap) dust jacket, from Morrow, with a gold sticker on the front stating: Signed First Edition. By Gregory Maguire, previously author of the bestselling WICKED. ISBN 978-0-06-054892-6. In this much-anticipated third volume of the Wicked Years, we return to Oz, seen now through the eyes of the Cowardly Lion - the once tiny cub defended by Elphaba in Wicked. While civil war looms, a tetchy oracle named Yackle prepares for death. Before her final hour, an enigmatic figure known as Brrr - the Cowardly Lion - arrives searching for information about Elphaba Thropp, the Wicked Witch of the West. As payment, Yackle demands some answers of her own. Brrr surrenders his story: abandoned as a cub, his earliest memories are gluey hazes, and his life's path is no Yellow Brick Road. A Lion Among Men chronicles a battle of wits hastened by the Emerald City's approaching armies. At once a portrait of a would-be survivor and a panoramic glimpse of a world gone shrill with war fever, Gregory Maguire's new novel is written with the sympathy and power that have made his books contemporary classics. condition info: The cover and pages are intact, crisp, and clean. No writing or markings. Binding is tight 100% Satisfaction Guarantee Ships from PA A Lion Among Men [Hardcover] Maguire, Gregory

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