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The Good Fairies of New York

by Martin Millar

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ISBN13: 9780765358547
ISBN10: 0765358549
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Dinnie, an overweight enemy of humanity, was the worst violinist in New York, but was practicing gamely when two cute little fairies stumbled through his fourth-floor window and vomited on the carpet. . . .

When a pair of fugitive Scottish thistle fairies end up transplanted to Manhattan by mistake, both the Big Apple and the Little People have a lot of adjusting to do. Heather and Morag just want to start the first radical fairy punk rock band, but first theyll have make a match between two highly unlikely sweethearts, start a street brawl between rival gangs of Italian, Chinese, and African fairies, help the ghost of a dead rocker track down his lost guitar, reclaim a rare triple-bloomed Welsh poppy from a bag lady with delusions of grandeur, disrupt a local community performance of A Midsummer Nights Dream, and somehow manage to stay sober enough to save all of New York from an invasion of evil Cornish fairies.

If they can stop feuding with each other, that is.

A racy and irreverent novel by Martin Millar, winner of the World Fantasy Award.

Review:

“Read it now, and then make your friends buy their own copies. Youll thank me someday.”Neil Gaiman

“The funniest writer in Britain today.”GQ

“Millar offers fiercely funny (and often inebriated) Scottish fairies, a poignant love story, cultural conflicts, and the plight of the homeless in this fey urban fantasy.”Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Undeniably brilliant.”The Guardian (UK)

Synopsis:

"The Good Fairies of New York" tells the fish-out-of-water story of two Scottish thistle fairies who find themselves in Manhattan. The fairies hook up with two humans, Kerry (complete with colostomy bag) and Dinnie (antisocial in the extreme), finding time to help both get their acts together. A book that brings together race riots and Scottish folklore, "The Good Fairies of New York" is anything but a typical fairy fantasy.

Synopsis:

When a pair of Scottish thistle fairies end up in Manhattan by mistake, the Big Apple is in for some unusual times. This is anything but a typical fairy fantasy.

About the Author

Martin Millar was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but has lived in London, England, for a long time. He has written a lot of things--novels and plays and short stories and articles. Miller has written seven other novels--Lonely Werewolf Girl; Love and Peace with Melody Paradise; Milk Sulphate and Alby Starvation; Lux the Poet; Dreams of Sex and Stage Diving: Suzy, Led Zeppelin and Me, and Ruby & the Stone Age Diet.

Martin Millar likes Jane Austen novels, and wrote a stage play of Emma. He even wrote the novelization of the Tank Girl movie.

Last, but not least, as Martin Scott, Millar writes the Thraxas series of books. There are eight so far, and he won the World Fantasy Award for the first one.

When hes not writing, Millar likes to watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer and read ancient history.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780765358547
Author:
Millar, Martin
Publisher:
Tor Books
Subject:
Fantasy - Contemporary
Subject:
Fairies
Subject:
Humorous stories, English
Subject:
Fantasy fiction
Subject:
New york (n.y.)
Edition Description:
Mass Market Paperbound
Publication Date:
June 2008
Binding:
Mass Market Paperbound
Grade Level:
General/trade
Language:
English
Pages:
273
Dimensions:
6.76x4.34x.80 in. .31 lbs.

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