The Witches of Eastwick

By John Updike

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Witches of Eastwick is a 1984 novel by John Updike. Three divorced women in a small Rhode Island town discover they have magical powers, and their lives are upended by the arrival of a wealthy, mysterious newcomer, Darryl Van Horne. It was adapted as a 1987 film.

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• Margaret Atwood: “''The Witches of Eastwick'' is John Updike's first novel since the much-celebrated ''Rabbit Is Rich,'' and a strange and marvelous organism it proves to be... This quirkiness is part of its charm, for, despite everything, charming it is.”