Well, no, he's not, he's a gay man, and a very clever one. I finished 'Wicked,' lingering over the last chapters, this morning, having visited Wikipedia in the interim. I can see that it parodies both the book and the film, and is weirdly, perfectly faithful to them both. All the arcane stuff in it is perfectly correct and plausible (what a "grimmerie" is, the affected architectural enthusiasm of the pretentious young Galinda). I was not, in fact, let down by the conclusion, and of but few, favourite books can that be said