Contest: Win a signed copy of Gregory Maguire’s new book, A Lion Among Men
Oct 23rd, 2008 by Peta Andersen
A Lion Among Men, by Gregory Maguire
The time came for her to die, and she would not die; so perhaps she might waste away, they thought, and she did waste, but not away; and the time came for her to receive final absolution, so they set candles upon her clavicle, but this she would not allow. She blasphemed with gusto, and she knocked the scented oils across the shroud they’re readied on a trestle nearby.
–Gregory Maguire, A Lion Among Men, The Wicked Years, Book 3
Like what you just read? It’s the opening paragraph from Maguire’s new book, as typed up from the signed copy next to me, the soon-to-be-property of some lucky Fees reader.
So–entering is easy. Leave your email address in the comments thread below, and answer the following two questions:
In the book (not the movie) The Wizard of Oz, what colour is the road Dorothy travels along?
If you could have a conversation with one of the Oz characters in Maguire’s books, who would it be and why?
A winner will be chosen by a very complex process involving a hat, some paper, and a possibly irate ferret.
I may have a newer version, but my book still has a yellow brick road …
Although I would, of course, like to talk with Elphaba (she is one of my favorite literary characters, period), I would have to choose Boq. He is privy to the growth of the girl’s friendship and the seeing them into womanhood as well as later hearing the rumors and stirrings about them. He would provide an alternative viewpoint to an alternative novelization (certainly a love of mine). He always seemed deeper than Maguire presented.
Please enter me in this contest through my email link. I have blogged about this contest on Random Wonder.
It’s still yellow brick, isn’t it? (Although the grass changes colors depending on where you are.)
I’d want to talk to Nessarose (and no, not to make Venus DeMilo jokes!) I’d want to know if, in those still moments of the night, she still believed she always did right.
Or Dr. Dillamond. He seemed so sensible.