The Season of the Witch

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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.

The Season of the Witch

First edition
Author	James Leo Herlihy
Language	English
Publisher	Simon & Schuster (USA)
Publication date	1971
Publication place	United States
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 casual drug use, draft evasion, homosexuality, and incest.^[1]