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"Brilliantly original." -"Sunday Times" (London)
"An unforgettable story set in the strange and foreign land that is your own childhood-that place where splendor and horror, memory and fantasy, collide. You'll be turning the pages and wishing you could go on doing so long after the book has ended. A magnificent achievement." -Karen Joy Fowler
"Brilliant and unclassifiable, " The Tooth Fairy" is by turns tender, nightmarish, and hilarious, with hard-won wisdom and a rare sense of time and place, of lives truly lived....I won't bother saying Graham Joyce deserves to find a wide audience in America; rather, I think the American audience deserves to discover him." -Jonathan Lethem
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"An unforgettable story set in the strange and foreign land that is your own childhood-that place where splendor and horror, memory and fantasy, collide. You'll be turning the pages and wishing you could go on doing so long after the book has ended. A magnificent achievement." -Karen Joy Fowler
"Brilliant and unclassifiable, " The Tooth Fairy" is by turns tender, nightmarish, and hilarious, with hard-won wisdom and a rare sense of time and place, of lives truly lived....I won't bother saying Graham Joyce deserves to find a wide audience in America; rather, I think the American audience deserves to discover him." -Jonathan Lethem
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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A Terror Eight title: dark fiction for hot summer nights!
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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You know the Tooth fairy right, cute little pixie type with wacky hat. Loveable creature much admired by young children as it sneaks about taking discarded teeth and swapping them for vast sums of money. Turns out they are not quite that nice after all.
Sam accidentally sees the Tooth Fairy one night and things take a downward turn from then on. You see, this tooth fairy, is an evil manipulative spirit and the fact that he/she is seen binds it to Sam, neither is particularly happy with this situation.
This book is not really about fairies though, good or bad. It's about growing up; it's about dealing with all life's problems through a difficult adolescence. It is, in fact, a coming of age story.
Set in the late sixties the book also plays out in tandem with the sexual and cultural revolutions taking place in that period. Sam and his friends are faced with increasingly complicated and often tragic family histories. Trying to make sense of this whilst being confronted with an often malevolent spirit makes Sam's life particularly difficult and for the reader, particularly interesting.
Graham Joyce's use of a normally happy childhood symbol in an altogether more malevolent form is genius. It allows him to exaggerate and emphasise the difficulties Sam experiences growing up. That difficult period of puberty as new feelings and experiences begin to come to prominence is given added mystique.
Needless to say sex plays a prominent role throughout the book as Sam's urges awaken against the background of a general rise in promiscuity in the late 60's. The offsetting of Sam's innocence with the Tooth Fairies experience provides a rich vein of confusion in Sam's mind which Joyce exploits to the full.
So the tooth fairy becomes a metaphor for life's difficulties. The characters are engaging, the plot compelling and original and the balance between humour and pathos is beautifully realised. Anyone expecting a fantasy or fairy story should steer clear but anyone who enjoys a gritty psychological drama with plenty of horrific overtones will really enjoy this book.
Sam accidentally sees the Tooth Fairy one night and things take a downward turn from then on. You see, this tooth fairy, is an evil manipulative spirit and the fact that he/she is seen binds it to Sam, neither is particularly happy with this situation.
This book is not really about fairies though, good or bad. It's about growing up; it's about dealing with all life's problems through a difficult adolescence. It is, in fact, a coming of age story.
Set in the late sixties the book also plays out in tandem with the sexual and cultural revolutions taking place in that period. Sam and his friends are faced with increasingly complicated and often tragic family histories. Trying to make sense of this whilst being confronted with an often malevolent spirit makes Sam's life particularly difficult and for the reader, particularly interesting.
Graham Joyce's use of a normally happy childhood symbol in an altogether more malevolent form is genius. It allows him to exaggerate and emphasise the difficulties Sam experiences growing up. That difficult period of puberty as new feelings and experiences begin to come to prominence is given added mystique.
Needless to say sex plays a prominent role throughout the book as Sam's urges awaken against the background of a general rise in promiscuity in the late 60's. The offsetting of Sam's innocence with the Tooth Fairies experience provides a rich vein of confusion in Sam's mind which Joyce exploits to the full.
So the tooth fairy becomes a metaphor for life's difficulties. The characters are engaging, the plot compelling and original and the balance between humour and pathos is beautifully realised. Anyone expecting a fantasy or fairy story should steer clear but anyone who enjoys a gritty psychological drama with plenty of horrific overtones will really enjoy this book.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I'm reading the Tooth Fairy for the second time now, having looked it out for a friend. Once I'd found it I couldn't put it down (both times!) and my friend is going to have to wait!!! It's an absolutely FABULOUS book. The action starts right on the first page and the whole book is fast moving, exciting, imaginative and very gripping. I'd encourage anyone to read it - it's certainly one of the best books I've ever read and parts of it have stayed with me for years. Also, like one of the other reviewers, I too think The Tooth Fairy would make a great film - the imagery is so vivid! It's definitely a book that can be read again without loosing any of its excitement. I'm certainly going to buy more of Graham Joyce's books.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Grotesque, beautiful, repulsive, compelling, hilarious, tragic, magical and very very erotic! Rarely have I read a book that provokes so many conflicting emotions. The angst of growing pains and awakening sexuality is very skilfully crafted and will, no doubt, strike a chord of recognition with many readers. The enigmatic character of the Tooth Fairy will haunt you long after the final page.
A minor masterpiece.
A minor masterpiece.
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Tragic, magical and very, very funny
Graham Joyce surely is one of the most underrated authors...is this possibly because he is so hard to market? Is he horror? Is he fantasy? Or possibly `social surrealism'...? Read more
Published 1 month ago by Ruby
Spellbinding!
I borrowed this book from the library many years ago, I have read it many times since. That first time was around the festive period and I recall devoting two entire day and nights... Read more
Published 5 months ago by Juehoo
Eroded childhood
Whilst Sam's encounters with the tooth fairy illustrates the problems of growing up, it is his relationship with the landscape of his childhood that I most empathised with. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Ms. J. E. Davis
Part horror story, part coming-of-age novel, part psychological...
I'd actually picked up this novel and put it back on the bookshop shelves on several occasions before I finally decided to buy it last week. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Joanne Sheppard
Drink, Drugs, Sex, Crime, Vandalism... it's all here!
I interpriated this book as a look at the psyche of adolsents and it adresses all sorts of matter, mainly sexual but also guilt, vandalism, peodophilia, drugs, murder and drink (to... Read more
Published 16 months ago by K. Rosen
An intriguing story about adolescence
When he is a young boy, Sam Southall loses a tooth and leaves it out for the tooth fairy to collect. Read more
Published on 31 Oct 2009 by A. Whitehead
My favourite book of all time
I purchased this copy for a friend but its been a favourite of mine since my teens. Coming of age story with a surreal fantasy bent. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2009 by A. Butterfield
An excellent read
I have just finished reading this book. It was thoroughly enjoyable, and I recommend it to anyone looking for a story that's a bit darker than usual.
Published on 11 Jan 2008 by Vicki Hardy
Tale of Adolescence
This is about seven-year-old Sam Southall who is growing up in England in the 1960s, and his 2 best friends Clive and Terry. Read more
Published on 14 Jan 2007 by kehs
great book, but a film???
Not sure about the reviewer who said this book would make a great Spielburg film!!! Surely this book is as British as anything and Spielburg would make a completely hackneyed and... Read more
Published on 20 Sep 2006 by Mr. J. J. Hawkins
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