Good Fairies of New York

Martin Millar
1992

rating: good

plot: A pair of party-animal fairies escape their Scottish home and flee to New York, where they cause mischief between a lonely girl and the anti-social boy who loves her from afar.



As someone who enjoys a good fairy tale, this book was a refreshingly unique take. Millar plops these fairies down into the spot where there is probably the least amount of magic in the world - the respective New York apartments of Kerry, young artist chronically plagued by Chrone's disease, and Dinnie, a dim-witted terrible street musician. The fairies, Heather and Morag, spend much of the time drunk and fighting melodramatically.

This book is more about reading of the ridiculous fairy antics than about teaching or moral or even changing the lives of Kerry and Dinnie. It's a fun read whether or not you have read other fairy lore stories.