Was: a novel

Was: a novel

<div>"A moving lament for lost childhoods and an eloquent tribute to the enduring power of art."--<I>The New York Times</I><BR><BR>"Staggeringly original and profound...Extraordinary, wonderful." --<I>Time Out</I><BR><BR>"A startling, stimulating book filled with angels and scarecrows, gargoyles and garlands, vaudeville and violence. Pynchon goes Munchkin, you might say."--<I>Washington Post Book World</I><BR><BR>A haunting novel exploring the lives of characters intertwined with <I>The Wizard of Oz</I>: the "real" Dorothy Gale; Judy Garland's unhappy fame; and Jonathan, a dying actor, and his therapist, whose work at an asylum unwittingly intersects with the Yellow Brick Road.<BR><BR><B>Geoff Ryman </B>is the author of <I>The King's Last Song</I>, <I>Air</I>, <I>The Child Garden</I>, <I>The Unconquered Country</I>, and <I>Paradise Tales</I>. He has lived in Cambodia and Brazil, and now teaches at the University of Manchester, England.<BR></div>