"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.
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“Read it now, and then make your friends buy their own copies. You’ll 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) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
“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) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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Martin Millar was born in Glasgow, Scotland, but has lived in London for a long time. He has written a lot of things - novels and plays and short stories and articles. As Martin Scott, Millar writes the Thraxas series of books; the fist novel in this series won the World Fantasy Award in 2000.
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By kehs
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Format:Paperback
This is a fantastic book that should never have been allowed to go out of print. The two main fairies are banished from Scotland and end up in New York where they cause chaos by declaring open warfare amongst the fairy community there.Sex, drugs and anarchy reign - definitely not your average fairy tale! A masterpiece from Martin Millar, don't miss this chance of buying a copy.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By R. J. Hawley
Format:Kindle Edition
Please, please, please, please ignore the heathens who rate this as 1 or 2 stars. Yes it's a challenging read, but there are fairies and drugs involved, but hey Wuthering Heights has got ghosts in it so ...
This is a book that will stay with you for decades.
So go on it's only £4.99 (June 2012) All prices correct at time of going to press.
Now shut up fairies... Stop it.... Don't do that ... it tickles.... my that's large, where did you get it from...!!
This is a book that will stay with you for decades.
So go on it's only £4.99 (June 2012) All prices correct at time of going to press.
Now shut up fairies... Stop it.... Don't do that ... it tickles.... my that's large, where did you get it from...!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By CatrionaMayJ
Format:Paperback
This is a very unusual story and to be perfectly honest I'm not entirely sure how much I enjoyed it. It has a fairly interesting plot line and the characters were interesting and varied. However, at times it was very repetitive which I found very disconcerting. I'm not sure if the author was making a point about the nature of life, or if it was just for comic effect but I think that after a while it had just gone a bit far. But overall this is a funny book and a very quick read, so if you're looking for something quirky and light, I'd recommend it.
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Magnificent.
There's been a lot of people reviewing this book that don't 'get' it, or taking offence at the broad brush stereotyping of the various fairy clans (who are supposed to be exactly... Read more
Published 2 days ago by The Reverend Steve
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Read it!
I enjoy Neil Gaiman books, and his introduction drew me to buy it.
Martin Millar is up with the best! Read more
Martin Millar is up with the best! Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mrs Kindle
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Dissapointment
With the intro by an author I respect considerably it was a considerable disappointment to have to give up one quarter of the way through the book. Read more
Published 6 months ago by REED
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Published 11 months ago by lynne lanson
1.0 out of 5 stars
so badly written
I just cant understand what people see in this book. It's badly written, the plot is one dimensional, the charactirsation is stereotyped and unoriginal!
Published 12 months ago by Ms. R. Smith
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stop clapping we don't want those fairies to live...
Absolutely horrendous novel. So bad I had to write a review to stop others wasting their money. Here are a few of its many and varied problems:
-Subplots. Read more
-Subplots. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Kirsty
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fabulous
This is a fantastic, fun uplifting book. Its is gloriously silly in places and had me harping back to my hippyish youth on many an occasion. Read more
Published 14 months ago by kraftyjen
1.0 out of 5 stars
Good Title
I liked the idea of this. Two punk fairies causing havoc in New York, and the title was a good hook. Unfortunately that's where the good stuff ends as far as I'm concerned. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Zog
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fairy Tale Of New York
Good humoured comic fantasy novel with its heart in the right place.
Nominally set in New York, this is actually the story of various factions of British and Irish... Read more
Nominally set in New York, this is actually the story of various factions of British and Irish... Read more
Published 23 months ago by Rotgut
3.0 out of 5 stars
Fun caper through the Big Apple
The Good Fairies of New York is a fun caper through the Big Apple. While the book touches upon some serious issues such as race, bigotry, the plight of the homeless, and the... Read more
Published on 15 April 2011 by W.M.M. van der Salm-Pallada
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