'WAS ...'. [London]: HarperCollinsPublishers, [1992]. Octavo, boards. First edition. "WAS ingeniously ties together several strands of history and fantasy into a brilliant book. Beginning with the notion that the character of Dorothy in L. Frank Baum's Oz books was based on an actual girl Baum met in Kansas, the novel weaves her sad story with both the mythos of the Oz books and with Hollywood, in particular through the lives of actress Judy Garland and a contemporary actor with AIDS. A highly effective meditation on the relationship of fantasy to the difficulties of 'real life'" (Darren Harris-Fain). 1993 World Fantasy Award nominee. Barron (ed), Fantasy and Horror (1999) 7-323. A fine copy in fine dust jacket. (#157894).
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