The Season of the Witch
The Season of the Witch is a novel by James Leo Herlihy. The story is written in the form of a journal that spans three months in the life of teenage runaway Gloria Glyczwycz during the autumn of 1969.
 First edition | |
| Author | James Leo Herlihy |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster (USA) |
Publication date | 1971 |
| Media type | Print (hardback & paperback) |
| Pages | 384 pp (hardback edition) |
Plot summary
Gloria decides to run away from home with her gay friend John McFadden. Both of them have a reason to leave: Gloria wants to find her estranged father, and John wants to avoid being drafted and being sent to Vietnam. They head from Belle Woods, a fictional suburb of Detroit, Michigan, to New York City, where they meet a host of colorful characters. The novel explores the personal freedoms of the late 1960s, including casual drug use, draft evasion, homosexuality, and incest.[1]
Notes
- Houston, Levin (1971-04-17), "Herlihy Captures Reader", The Free Lance–Star, Fredericksburg, Va., retrieved 2010-02-11
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