The Next Queen of Heaven

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"A delight....[A] funny and warmhearted exploration of the sacred and the profane." -Washington Post "Reading The Next Queen of Heaven is like hanging on to the back of an out-of-control carnival ride-terrifying, thrilling, a once-in-a-lifetime adventure." -Ann Patchett New York Times bestseller Gregory Maguire-who re-imagined the land of Oz and all its fabled inhabitants in his monumental series, The Wicked Years-brings us The Next Queen of Heaven, a wildly farcical and gloriously imaginative tall tale of faith, Catholic dogma, lust, and questionable miracles on the eve of Y2K. The very bizarre and hilarious goings on in the eccentric town of Thebes make for a delightfully mad reading experience-as The Next Queen of Heaven shows off the acclaimed author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister and Mirror Mirror in a brilliant new heavenly light.

Gregory Maguire is the New York Times bestselling author of Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister; Lost; Mirror Mirror; and the Wicked Years, a series that includes Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz. Now a beloved classic, Wicked is the basis for a blockbuster Tony Award-winning Broadway musical. Maguire has lectured on art, literature, and culture both at home and abroad. He lives with his family near Boston, Massachusetts.

"Reading The Next Queen of Heaven is like hanging on to the back of an out-of-control carnival ride--terrifying, thrilling, a once-in-a-lifetime adventure." -- Ann Patchett, bestselling author of Bel Canto and Run "Comes alive in many dimensions, many of them funny and slightly bonkers." -- Los Angeles Times "A delight. . . . [A] funny and warmhearted exploration of the sacred and the profane." -- Washington Post