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THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK
John Updike
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THE WITCHES OF EASTWICK

by John Updike

Knopf · 1984

Peak rank

#5

Weeks on list

12

Debuted

June 1984

Chart History

#1510151984

12 weeks on the Hardcover Fiction list, peaking at #5

"A great deal of fun to read...Fresh, consantly entertaining....John Updike remains a wizard of language and observation." THE PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER In a small New England town in the late 1960s, there lived three witches. Alexandra Spofford, a sculptress, Jane Smart, a cellist, and Sukie Rougemont, the local gossip columnist. Their supernatural gifts were intriguing, to say the least. Divorced but hardly celibate, content but always ripe for adventure, one day all three witches found themselves under the spell of a new man in town, Darryl Van Horne. His hot tub was the scene of some bewitching delights, but that doesn't being to conjure the half of it....

All Appearances

7NEWJune 3, 1984wk 1
5↑1June 10, 1984wk 2
6↓1June 24, 1984wk 4
8↓2July 1, 1984wk 5
8July 8, 1984wk 6
9↓1July 15, 1984wk 7
8↑1July 22, 1984wk 8
10↓2July 29, 1984wk 9
11↓1August 5, 1984wk 10
12↓1August 12, 1984wk 11
10↑2August 19, 1984wk 12

Details

ISBN-13
9780449206478
ISBN-10
0449206475
Published
1984
Pages
356
Publisher
Knopf
Categories
Fiction

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