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螚 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓
螣 危伪渭, 慰 韦苇蟻喂 魏伪喂 慰 螝位维喂尾 萎蟿伪谓 蟿蟻委伪 蠁蠀蟽喂慰位慰纬喂魏维 伪纬慰蟻维魏喂伪 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚纬维位蠅谓伪谓 蟽蟿伪 蟺蔚蟻委蠂蠅蟻伪 渭喂伪蟼 渭喂魏蟻萎蟼, 蔚蟻纬慰蟽蟿伪蟽喂伪魏萎蟼 蟺蠈位畏蟼. 螚 味畏渭喂维 魏伪喂 畏 蟽魏伪谓蟿伪位喂维 萎蟿伪谓 蟽蟿畏谓 畏渭蔚蟻萎蟽喂伪 未喂维蟿伪尉畏 蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀渭渭慰蟻委伪蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼, 渭喂伪 伪纬苇蟻蠅蠂畏 蟺蟻蠈魏位畏蟽畏 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚谓萎位喂魏慰蠀蟼.
螠喂伪 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蠈渭蠅蟼, 慰 危伪渭 尉蠀蟺谓维蔚喂 魏伪喂 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 蟿畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 谓伪 魏维胃蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 维魏蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 魏蟻蔚尾伪蟿喂慰蠉 蟿慰蠀路 魏伪喂 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿蟻蠈渭慰 蠈蟿喂 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰 魏伪位蠈尾慰蠀位慰 魏伪喂 伪喂胃苇蟻喂慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟿蠅谓 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃喂蠋谓, 伪位位维 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 渭慰蠂胃畏蟻萎, 蔚蠁喂伪位蟿喂魏萎 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪. 螘魏渭蔚蟿伪位位蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓畏 蟿喂蟼 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 蟿慰谓 蠂位蔚蠀维味蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓蔚蟻蠋谓蔚喂 蟿畏 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 蟿慰蠀 蔚伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀. 螘委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪位畏胃喂谓萎 萎 渭萎蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蠉畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼; 桅蟿伪委蔚喂 蔚魏蔚委谓畏 纬喂伪 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁喂魏维 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃慰蠉谓;
螣 危伪渭 渭蔚纬伪位蠋谓蔚喂, 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟺伪喂未委 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 苇蠁畏尾慰蟼, 伪位位维 畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 螖慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟻喂味蠋蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蠂维谓蔚喂 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏蟻蠀蠁萎 魏伪喂 伪谓萎位喂伪纬畏 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蔚魏蔚委 蠈蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿慰喂魏慰蠉谓 渭蠈谓慰 蔚蠁喂维位蟿蔚蟼. (螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽畏 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺喂蟽胃蠈蠁蠀位位慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀)
"螆谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蔚尉伪委蟻蔚蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠋谓 胃蟻委位蔚蟻". (Michael Moorcock)
"螠喂伪 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓畏 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏, 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓畏 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 蔚蟺喂未蔚尉喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 慰尉蠀未苇蟻魏蔚喂伪". (Iain Banks)
"螠伪魏维蟻喂 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽伪 魏喂 蔚纬蠋 谓伪 纬蟻维蠄蠅 苇蟽蟿蠅 魏伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏 渭喂蟽萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀蠁蟻维未蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂未蔚尉喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 Graham Joyce". (Ramsey Campbell) (less)
螠喂伪 谓蠉蠂蟿伪 蠈渭蠅蟼, 慰 危伪渭 尉蠀蟺谓维蔚喂 魏伪喂 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚喂 蟿畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 谓伪 魏维胃蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 维魏蟻畏 蟿慰蠀 魏蟻蔚尾伪蟿喂慰蠉 蟿慰蠀路 魏伪喂 伪谓伪魏伪位蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 渭蔚 蟿蟻蠈渭慰 蠈蟿喂 未蔚谓 蟺蟻蠈魏蔚喂蟿伪喂 纬喂伪 蟿慰 魏伪位蠈尾慰蠀位慰 魏伪喂 伪喂胃苇蟻喂慰 蟺位维蟽渭伪 蟿蠅谓 蟺伪蟻伪渭蠀胃喂蠋谓, 伪位位维 纬喂伪 渭喂伪 渭慰蠂胃畏蟻萎, 蔚蠁喂伪位蟿喂魏萎 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪. 螘魏渭蔚蟿伪位位蔚蠀蠈渭蔚谓畏 蟿喂蟼 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 蟿慰蠀, 畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 蟿慰谓 蠂位蔚蠀维味蔚喂, 蟿慰谓 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓蔚蟻蠋谓蔚喂 蟿畏 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓萎 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 蟿慰蠀 蔚伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀. 螘委谓伪喂 蠈渭蠅蟼 伪位畏胃喂谓萎 萎 渭萎蟺蠅蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 伪蟺慰魏蠉畏渭伪 蟿畏蟼 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼; 桅蟿伪委蔚喂 蔚魏蔚委谓畏 纬喂伪 蟿伪 魏伪蟿伪蟽蟿蟻慰蠁喂魏维 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 蟺慰蠀 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃慰蠉谓;
螣 危伪渭 渭蔚纬伪位蠋谓蔚喂, 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟺伪喂未委 纬委谓蔚蟿伪喂 苇蠁畏尾慰蟼, 伪位位维 畏 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 螖慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟻喂味蠋蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 蟿慰蠀 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 蠂维谓蔚喂 蔚蠀魏伪喂蟻委伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟽蟿畏谓 魏蟻蠀蠁萎 魏伪喂 伪谓萎位喂伪纬畏 蟺位蔚蠀蟻维 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蔚魏蔚委 蠈蟺慰蠀 魏伪蟿慰喂魏慰蠉谓 渭蠈谓慰 蔚蠁喂维位蟿蔚蟼. (螒蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺伪蟻慰蠀蟽委伪蟽畏 蟽蟿慰 慰蟺喂蟽胃蠈蠁蠀位位慰 蟿慰蠀 尾喂尾位委慰蠀)
"螆谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟺位苇慰谓 蔚尉伪委蟻蔚蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁蔚委蟼 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠋谓 胃蟻委位蔚蟻". (Michael Moorcock)
"螠喂伪 蟽蠉纬蠂蟻慰谓畏 蟺伪蟻伪尾慰位萎 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏, 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓畏 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 蔚蟺喂未蔚尉喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 魏伪喂 慰尉蠀未苇蟻魏蔚喂伪". (Iain Banks)
"螠伪魏维蟻喂 谓伪 渭蟺慰蟻慰蠉蟽伪 魏喂 蔚纬蠋 谓伪 纬蟻维蠄蠅 苇蟽蟿蠅 魏伪喂 渭蔚 蟿畏 渭喂蟽萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀蠁蟻维未蔚喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂未蔚尉喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿慰蠀 Graham Joyce". (Ramsey Campbell) (less)
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First published January 1, 1996
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Graham Joyce
75听books565听followersGraham Joyce (22 October 1954 鈥� 9 September 2014) was an English writer of speculative fiction and the recipient of numerous awards for both his novels and short stories.
After receiving a B.Ed. from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 and a M.A. from the University of Leicester in 1980. Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer.
Graham Joyce resided in Leicester with his wife, Suzanne Johnsen, and their two children, Joseph and Ella. He taught Creative Writing to graduate students at Nottingham Trent University from 1996 until his death, and was made a Reader in Creative Writing.
Joyce died on 9 September 2014. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013.
After receiving a B.Ed. from Bishop Lonsdale College in 1977 and a M.A. from the University of Leicester in 1980. Joyce worked as a youth officer for the National Association of Youth Clubs until 1988. He subsequently quit his position and moved to the Greek islands of Lesbos and Crete to write his first novel, Dreamside. After selling Dreamside to Pan Books in 1991, Joyce moved back to England to pursue a career as a full-time writer.
Graham Joyce resided in Leicester with his wife, Suzanne Johnsen, and their two children, Joseph and Ella. He taught Creative Writing to graduate students at Nottingham Trent University from 1996 until his death, and was made a Reader in Creative Writing.
Joyce died on 9 September 2014. He had been diagnosed with lymphoma in 2013.
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螠喂伪 慰渭维未伪 蟺伪喂未喂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 渭蔚纬伪位蠋谓慰蠀谓 蟽蟿畏谓 委未喂伪 纬蔚喂蟿慰谓喂维 魏伪喂 蔚谓畏位喂魏喂蠋谓慰谓蟿伪喂, 蟺蔚蟻谓蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蠈位伪 蟿伪 蟽蟿维未喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎蟼, 蔚蠁畏尾喂魏萎蟼, 谓蔚伪谓喂魏萎蟼 魏伪喂 蔚谓萎位喂魏畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀蟼 蟽伪谓 蟿伪喂谓委伪 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 渭蔚 蠈谓蔚喂蟻伪 魏伪喂 蔚蠁喂维位蟿蔚蟼, 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 魏维蟿喂 魏伪喂谓慰蠉蟻纬喂慰, 喂未喂伪委蟿蔚蟻慰 萎 蟺蟻蠅蟿蠈蟿蠀蟺慰, 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蠀蟺慰蟽蠂蔚胃蔚委 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁喂魏苇蟼 魏伪喂谓慰蟿慰渭委蔚蟼.
螣 螕魏蟻维蠂伪渭 韦味蠈蠀蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼, 魏伪蟿维 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰, 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈 蟽蔚谓维蟻喂慰 谓伪 蟿慰 伪谓伪未蔚委尉蔚喂 蠅蟼 蠁蟻苇蟽魏慰, 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蠁蟻喂魏喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈.
螉蟽蠅蟼 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 纬位蠀魏喂维 未慰位喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 渭喂伪 蠀蟺慰未蔚苇蟽蟿蔚蟻畏 伪尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 维渭蔚蟽畏 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿伪 魏委谓畏蟿蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪魏慰蠉.
螚 蟺苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟻委蠂谓蔚喂 蟽蟺蠈蟻慰蠀蟼 伪渭蠁喂尾慰位委伪蟼 魏伪位蠀渭渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺慰 位慰蠀位慰蠉未喂伪 蟺伪蟻伪谓慰蠆魏萎蟼 蔚蠀纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼, 苇蟿蟽喂 蠋蟽蟿蔚, 谓伪 渭蟺蔚蟻未蔚蠉蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀蠅未委伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 渭蔚 蔚尉蠅蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 位喂蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪 伪蟺慰 伪委渭伪 魏伪喂 蟺蠈谓慰.
危蟿伪 魏伪蟻蟺蔚蟻维 蠂蠋渭伪蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 蔚纬魏位畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蔚蠀未慰魏喂渭慰蠉谓 蟿伪 蟺蟿蠅渭伪蟿慰位慰蠉位慰蠀未伪 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 未喂蔚蠀魏蟻喂谓委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 萎 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂蟻蟻慰萎 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螕谓蠅蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟿畏谓 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀蟼, 魏维蟺慰蠀 尾伪胃喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓伪 未喂伪谓慰畏蟿喂魏维 未维蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 蠄畏位苇蟼 伪蟺蠈魏蟻畏渭谓蔚蟼 蟺位伪纬喂苇蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓维 蠁伪蟻维纬纬喂伪 蠄蠀蠂慰未蟻维渭伪蟿慰蟼.
螤伪喂未喂魏苇蟼 魏伪喂 蔚谓萎位喂魏蔚蟼 魏伪蟻未喂苇蟼 蟽蔚 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 蠀蟺蔚蟻苇谓蟿伪蟽畏蟼, 维纬蠂慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿萎蟼 伪蟺蠈纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼.
螚 蔚蟻蠋蟿畏蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰魏蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蠀蟺慰魏蔚喂渭蔚谓喂魏维 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 喂苇蟻蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 蠅蟼 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓, 伪谓伪味畏蟿维 伪蟺维谓蟿畏蟽畏 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿伪 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蟿畏蟼 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪蟼, 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪 魏伪位萎 萎 魏伪位萎 蔚蟺喂蟻蟻慰萎 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 萎 蟺位维蟽渭伪 伪谓伪纬魏伪委慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟽蟿慰 蟺位伪委蟽喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎蟼 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏萎蟼 未喂苇纬蔚蟻蟽畏蟼.
螒蟻纬维 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏维 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿慰蟺慰喂蔚委 蟺蠅蟼 畏 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 萎 蠈蠂喂, 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 渭喂伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 纬喂伪 慰蟻喂蟽渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟺蟿蠀蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟺伪喂未喂慰蠉.
螘蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维, 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 渭喂伪 伪蟺位萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 伪纬慰蟻维魏喂 蟺慰蠀 维胃蔚位伪 蟿慰蠀 渭伪蟽蟿委味蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏蠈 未伪委渭慰谓伪.
危魏维尾慰谓蟿伪蟼 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蠈渭蠅蟼 蠁伪委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 慰喂 蟽蟺蠈蟻慰喂 蟿慰蠀 蠄蠀蠂慰未蟻维渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
螚 伪谓维蟺蟿蠀尉畏 蟿蠅谓 蟽蟺蠈蟻蠅谓 伪蠀蟿蠋谓 渭蔚 蟿慰 魏伪蟿维位位畏位慰 位委蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺慰 蔚渭渭慰谓苇蟼 魏伪喂 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿慰蠀谓 蟺蠅蟼 蠈位慰喂 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 未伪喂渭慰谓喂魏苇蟼 渭维蟽蟿喂纬蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 渭伪蟼. 螚 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠋蟺喂蟽畏 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 蠅蟻委渭伪谓蟽畏蟼.
螚 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 未慰蠀位蔚渭苇谓畏 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蠁蠈蟻渭慰蠀位伪 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 未蠀谓伪蟿萎蟼 渭伪纬蔚委伪蟼, 伪谓伪蟿蟻喂蠂喂伪蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 蠁蟻蔚蟽魏维未伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟽蟿蟻喂魏萎蟼 蟽蔚尉慰蠀伪位喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂委伪 谓伪 伪蟺慰未蠋蟽蔚喂 渭喂伪 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺蔚喂魏蠈谓喂蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 尾位伪尾蠋谓 魏伪喂 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪蠂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪位伪谓委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏萎 蔚谓苇蟻纬蔚喂伪.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
螣 螕魏蟻维蠂伪渭 韦味蠈蠀蟼 蠈渭蠅蟼, 魏伪蟿维 魏维蟺慰喂慰 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰, 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁喂魏蠈 蟽蔚谓维蟻喂慰 谓伪 蟿慰 伪谓伪未蔚委尉蔚喂 蠅蟼 蠁蟻苇蟽魏慰, 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈 魏伪喂 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蠁蟻喂魏喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈.
螉蟽蠅蟼 蔚蟺蔚喂未萎 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 苇蠂蔚喂 渭喂伪 纬位蠀魏喂维 未慰位喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 渭喂伪 蠀蟺慰未蔚苇蟽蟿蔚蟻畏 伪尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 伪蟺位萎 魏伪喂 维渭蔚蟽畏 蟽蠂蔚蟿喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿伪 魏委谓畏蟿蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 魏伪魏慰蠉.
螚 蟺苇谓伪 蟿慰蠀 蟻委蠂谓蔚喂 蟽蟺蠈蟻慰蠀蟼 伪渭蠁喂尾慰位委伪蟼 魏伪位蠀渭渭苇谓慰蠀蟼 魏维蟿蠅 伪蟺慰 位慰蠀位慰蠉未喂伪 蟺伪蟻伪谓慰蠆魏萎蟼 蔚蠀纬苇谓蔚喂伪蟼, 苇蟿蟽喂 蠋蟽蟿蔚, 谓伪 渭蟺蔚蟻未蔚蠉蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蔚蠀蠅未委伪 蟿畏蟼 蠁蠉蟽畏蟼 渭蔚 蔚尉蠅蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 位喂蟺维蟽渭伪蟿伪 伪蟺慰 伪委渭伪 魏伪喂 蟺蠈谓慰.
危蟿伪 魏伪蟻蟺蔚蟻维 蠂蠋渭伪蟿伪 蟿蠅谓 蔚纬魏位畏渭维蟿蠅谓 蔚蠀未慰魏喂渭慰蠉谓 蟿伪 蟺蟿蠅渭伪蟿慰位慰蠉位慰蠀未伪 蟺慰蠀 未蔚谓 未喂蔚蠀魏蟻喂谓委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 喂未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪 萎 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺喂蟻蟻慰萎 蟿慰蠀蟼.
螕谓蠅蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蠈渭蠅蟼 蟿畏谓 蟿慰蟺慰胃蔚蟽委伪 蟿慰蠀蟼, 魏维蟺慰蠀 尾伪胃喂维 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪纬渭苇谓伪 未喂伪谓慰畏蟿喂魏维 未维蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 蠄畏位苇蟼 伪蟺蠈魏蟻畏渭谓蔚蟼 蟺位伪纬喂苇蟼 渭苇蟽伪 蟽蔚 蟽魏慰蟿蔚喂谓维 蠁伪蟻维纬纬喂伪 蠄蠀蠂慰未蟻维渭伪蟿慰蟼.
螤伪喂未喂魏苇蟼 魏伪喂 蔚谓萎位喂魏蔚蟼 魏伪蟻未喂苇蟼 蟽蔚 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 蠀蟺蔚蟻苇谓蟿伪蟽畏蟼, 维纬蠂慰蠀蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿萎蟼 伪蟺蠈纬谓蠅蟽畏蟼.
螚 蔚蟻蠋蟿畏蟽畏 蟺慰蠀 蟺蟻慰魏蠉蟺蟿蔚喂 蠀蟺慰魏蔚喂渭蔚谓喂魏维 纬喂伪 蟿畏谓 喂苇蟻蔚喂伪 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 蠅蟼 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓, 伪谓伪味畏蟿维 伪蟺维谓蟿畏蟽畏 伪谓伪蠁慰蟻喂魏维 渭蔚 蟿伪 蠂伪蟻伪魏蟿畏蟻喂蟽蟿喂魏维 蟿畏蟼 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪蟼, 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪 魏伪位萎 萎 魏伪位萎 蔚蟺喂蟻蟻慰萎 魏伪喂 蠈蠂喂 伪谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 萎 蟺位维蟽渭伪 伪谓伪纬魏伪委慰 渭蠈谓慰 蟽蟿慰 蟺位伪委蟽喂慰 蟿畏蟼 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎蟼 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏萎蟼 未喂苇纬蔚蟻蟽畏蟼.
螒蟻纬维 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰位伪蠀蟽蟿喂魏维 慰 伪谓伪纬谓蠋蟽蟿畏蟼 蟽蠀谓蔚喂未畏蟿慰蟺慰喂蔚委 蟺蠅蟼 畏 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 萎 蠈蠂喂, 伪蟺慰蟿蔚位蔚委 渭喂伪 渭蔚蟿伪蠁慰蟻维 纬喂伪 慰蟻喂蟽渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟺蟿蠀蠂苇蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠉蟺伪蟻尉畏蟼 蔚谓蠈蟼 蟺伪喂未喂慰蠉.
螘蟺喂蠁伪谓蔚喂伪魏维, 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 渭喂伪 伪蟺位萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪, 纬喂伪 苇谓伪 伪纬慰蟻维魏喂 蟺慰蠀 维胃蔚位伪 蟿慰蠀 渭伪蟽蟿委味蔚蟿伪喂 伪蟺慰 魏维蟺慰喂慰谓 蟺伪喂未喂魏蠈 未伪委渭慰谓伪.
危魏维尾慰谓蟿伪蟼 尾伪胃蠉蟿蔚蟻伪 蠈渭蠅蟼 蠁伪委谓慰谓蟿伪喂 慰喂 蟽蟺蠈蟻慰喂 蟿慰蠀 蠄蠀蠂慰未蟻维渭伪蟿慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼.
螚 伪谓维蟺蟿蠀尉畏 蟿蠅谓 蟽蟺蠈蟻蠅谓 伪蠀蟿蠋谓 渭蔚 蟿慰 魏伪蟿维位位畏位慰 位委蟺伪蟽渭伪 伪蟺慰 蔚渭渭慰谓苇蟼 魏伪喂 蠁慰尾委蔚蟼 伪蟺慰魏伪位蠉蟺蟿慰蠀谓 蟺蠅蟼 蠈位慰喂 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 伪蠀蟿苇蟼 蟿喂蟼 未伪喂渭慰谓喂魏苇蟼 渭维蟽蟿喂纬蔚蟼 蟽蟿畏 味蠅萎 渭伪蟼. 螚 伪谓蟿喂渭蔚蟿蠋蟺喂蟽畏 蟿慰蠀蟼 蔚委谓伪喂 渭委伪 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 蠅蟻委渭伪谓蟽畏蟼.
螚 谓蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 未慰谓蟿喂蠋谓 未慰蠀位蔚渭苇谓畏 蟽蔚 渭喂伪 蠁蠈蟻渭慰蠀位伪 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺伪蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委伪蟼, 未蠀谓伪蟿萎蟼 渭伪纬蔚委伪蟼, 伪谓伪蟿蟻喂蠂喂伪蟽蟿喂魏萎蟼 蠁蟻蔚蟽魏维未伪蟼 魏伪喂 伪蟽蟿蟻喂魏萎蟼 蟽蔚尉慰蠀伪位喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪蟿伪蠁苇蟻谓蔚喂 渭蔚 渭蔚纬维位畏 蔚蟺喂蟿蠀蠂委伪 谓伪 伪蟺慰未蠋蟽蔚喂 渭喂伪 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽蟿喂魏萎 伪蟺蔚喂魏蠈谓喂蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 尾位伪尾蠋谓 魏伪喂 未喂伪蟿伪蟻伪蠂蠋谓 蟺慰蠀 蟿伪位伪谓委味慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 蠄蠀蠂慰位慰纬喂魏萎 蔚谓苇蟻纬蔚喂伪.
螝伪位萎 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽畏.
螤慰位位慰蠉蟼 伪蟽蟺伪蟽渭慰蠉蟼.
August 8, 2022
The feeling I came away from The Tooth Fairy with was neither of happiness nor of satisfaction and, although it was a fairly dark story, neither was the feeling anything like despair. Somewhere between those points is some combination of recognition, rememberance, anticipation, and a sense of loss that make up the un-nameable feeling with which I connected with this book. This is a fairy tale and a coming of age story that combine beautifully to remind us of how much we lose and how much we gain as we grow up and to cause us to wonder if the losses and gains ever truly balance out.
October 7, 2015
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'...?
What ever he is his stories are strange, magical and original and he fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
He likes to instill in the reader a feeling of lingering uneasiness 鈥�. 鈥榊ou come away from the book feeling your perception of the world has been just been knock slightly askew away from what you previously thought to be normal鈥� Graham refuses to come down on one side or the other of the ideas he presents in his novel, it is all about ambiguity and uncertainty
Sam, Clive and Terry are ordinary (ish) boys growing up in the 1960s until one day when Clive punches Sam in the mouth and knocks out a tooth. 鈥am puts the tooth under his pillow at bedtime鈥s you do
He wakes up during the night and first lays eyes on the Tooth Fairy 鈥渙ddly dressed and smelling of horse鈥檚 sweat and chamomile鈥�.
Tinkerbelle this Fairy is not 鈥t is an angry, bitter and viscous looking creature from nightmare.
Thus begins a strange, disturbing sometimes touching relationship with the Tooth Fairy as it dogs Sam鈥檚 footsteps through childhood and into adolescence.
The Tooth Fairy, whose appearance, mood and sex change constantly makes for a rather unpredictable, mercurial companion - sometimes protecting Sam other times tormenting him, bullying and threatening him and his family. The Fairy is a character in its own right with its own moods and emotions, jealously, lust, spite, anger and touching moments of tenderness. The author skilfully coveys the wild, unpredictable primeval nature of the Tooth Fairy.
Without the supernatural element, the adolescent adventures of Sam and his friends would have made a brilliantly funny 鈥榬ites of passage鈥� novel鈥ll petty vandalism (though making pipe bombs in your Dad鈥檚 shed is hardly petty), growing pains and awakening sexuality.
The novel is brilliantly structured, well characterised and entirely compelling and the elegant writing at times is almost prose with a whimsical and nostalgic tone.
This novel shows that horror fiction doesn鈥檛 not have to be high octane 鈥榞ore splatter鈥� serial killing zombies but that it can be beautiful, compulsive, hilarious, tragic, magical and very, very funny 鈥h very, very rude!
What ever he is his stories are strange, magical and original and he fast becoming one of my favourite authors.
He likes to instill in the reader a feeling of lingering uneasiness 鈥�. 鈥榊ou come away from the book feeling your perception of the world has been just been knock slightly askew away from what you previously thought to be normal鈥� Graham refuses to come down on one side or the other of the ideas he presents in his novel, it is all about ambiguity and uncertainty
Sam, Clive and Terry are ordinary (ish) boys growing up in the 1960s until one day when Clive punches Sam in the mouth and knocks out a tooth. 鈥am puts the tooth under his pillow at bedtime鈥s you do
He wakes up during the night and first lays eyes on the Tooth Fairy 鈥渙ddly dressed and smelling of horse鈥檚 sweat and chamomile鈥�.
Tinkerbelle this Fairy is not 鈥t is an angry, bitter and viscous looking creature from nightmare.
Thus begins a strange, disturbing sometimes touching relationship with the Tooth Fairy as it dogs Sam鈥檚 footsteps through childhood and into adolescence.
The Tooth Fairy, whose appearance, mood and sex change constantly makes for a rather unpredictable, mercurial companion - sometimes protecting Sam other times tormenting him, bullying and threatening him and his family. The Fairy is a character in its own right with its own moods and emotions, jealously, lust, spite, anger and touching moments of tenderness. The author skilfully coveys the wild, unpredictable primeval nature of the Tooth Fairy.
Without the supernatural element, the adolescent adventures of Sam and his friends would have made a brilliantly funny 鈥榬ites of passage鈥� novel鈥ll petty vandalism (though making pipe bombs in your Dad鈥檚 shed is hardly petty), growing pains and awakening sexuality.
The novel is brilliantly structured, well characterised and entirely compelling and the elegant writing at times is almost prose with a whimsical and nostalgic tone.
This novel shows that horror fiction doesn鈥檛 not have to be high octane 鈥榞ore splatter鈥� serial killing zombies but that it can be beautiful, compulsive, hilarious, tragic, magical and very, very funny 鈥h very, very rude!
October 13, 2015
"Through a window a broken fingernail of moon was visible. It barely illumined the intruder's face, but what Sam could see he didn't like. Two dark eyes, shiny like the green-black carapace of a beetle, flashed at him. The eyes were set deep, each in a squint counterpoised to the other, lurking under a matted shock of black hair. Tangled elf-locks framed high cheek bones and a swarthy complexion... A row of teeth glimmered in the faint moonbeams, a mouthful of blue light. The teeth were perfect, but, unless he was mistaken, they were sharpened to fine dagger points."
Such a hideous, chilling and unconventional description of a favorite childhood fantasy figure seemed like a great start to this very bizarre novel. In the mood for a wicked scare during one of my favorite months of the year, I thought this book was just the ticket. Unfortunately, rather than peeking around corners and jumping at the slightest creak of the house or howl of the wind, I instead felt slightly revolted. Seven-year-old Sam looses a tooth and is surprised by a visit from this androgynous being. Sam will learn that this will be a recurring event throughout his childhood and adolescent years. This noxious and vulgar creature exhibits erratic moods, uses coarse language, changes from male to female and back again, and exploits the angst of a developing young man. All this seems to revolve around Sam's personal experiences, sexual awakenings and frustrations. As the tooth fairy points out to Sam, "This is not a one-way thing, you know. You may think I'm your nightmare, but you in turn are my nightmare. It's your moods that pull me here." The question becomes 鈥� is this being real or a manifestation of Sam's imagination during these critical coming-of-age years? An interesting concept, but when put into words and descriptions, it went way over the top for me. It became repetitive and unnerving rather than satisfyingly frightful.
Despite my criticisms, I did find some really good points to this novel. For one, the characters are fairly well developed and memorable. Clive, Terry, Alice and Linda all suffer, along with Sam, from typical teenage concerns, get mixed up in various scrapes 鈥� some less innocent than others, and band together for support and camaraderie. Skelton, Sam's psychiatrist throughout this ordeal, is an interesting character with his own "demon", an addiction to alcohol. He may actually be the one to grasp some understanding of Sam's turmoil and the real reason for the presence of the tooth fairy in Sam's life. Also, when not foul, the writing was actually quite exceptional. I think Graham Joyce has a gift of vivid prose that has the potential to be quite gratifying: "The earth under the snow was moist and brown, rich and curranty like a cake beneath a layer of marzipan. Breaking through the outlying trees, he found the woods made anew. Nothing stirred, and all noise from beyond the woods was baffled by the density of snow on the trees. The woods were stunned. It was a moment in closed time, a dream of ecstatic paralysis, a phase of Creation in which the trees waited impatiently to take on color, sound, texture." This passage and others like it are the reason why I will most definitely give this author another try. 2.5 stars go to The Tooth Fairy, simply because overall I found it unsettling and somewhat unresolved in my mind by the end of the book.
Such a hideous, chilling and unconventional description of a favorite childhood fantasy figure seemed like a great start to this very bizarre novel. In the mood for a wicked scare during one of my favorite months of the year, I thought this book was just the ticket. Unfortunately, rather than peeking around corners and jumping at the slightest creak of the house or howl of the wind, I instead felt slightly revolted. Seven-year-old Sam looses a tooth and is surprised by a visit from this androgynous being. Sam will learn that this will be a recurring event throughout his childhood and adolescent years. This noxious and vulgar creature exhibits erratic moods, uses coarse language, changes from male to female and back again, and exploits the angst of a developing young man. All this seems to revolve around Sam's personal experiences, sexual awakenings and frustrations. As the tooth fairy points out to Sam, "This is not a one-way thing, you know. You may think I'm your nightmare, but you in turn are my nightmare. It's your moods that pull me here." The question becomes 鈥� is this being real or a manifestation of Sam's imagination during these critical coming-of-age years? An interesting concept, but when put into words and descriptions, it went way over the top for me. It became repetitive and unnerving rather than satisfyingly frightful.
Despite my criticisms, I did find some really good points to this novel. For one, the characters are fairly well developed and memorable. Clive, Terry, Alice and Linda all suffer, along with Sam, from typical teenage concerns, get mixed up in various scrapes 鈥� some less innocent than others, and band together for support and camaraderie. Skelton, Sam's psychiatrist throughout this ordeal, is an interesting character with his own "demon", an addiction to alcohol. He may actually be the one to grasp some understanding of Sam's turmoil and the real reason for the presence of the tooth fairy in Sam's life. Also, when not foul, the writing was actually quite exceptional. I think Graham Joyce has a gift of vivid prose that has the potential to be quite gratifying: "The earth under the snow was moist and brown, rich and curranty like a cake beneath a layer of marzipan. Breaking through the outlying trees, he found the woods made anew. Nothing stirred, and all noise from beyond the woods was baffled by the density of snow on the trees. The woods were stunned. It was a moment in closed time, a dream of ecstatic paralysis, a phase of Creation in which the trees waited impatiently to take on color, sound, texture." This passage and others like it are the reason why I will most definitely give this author another try. 2.5 stars go to The Tooth Fairy, simply because overall I found it unsettling and somewhat unresolved in my mind by the end of the book.
February 24, 2018
螚 蟺伪喂未喂魏萎 畏位喂魏委伪 魏伪喂 畏 蔚谓畏位喂魏委蠅蟽畏 渭喂伪蟼 蟺伪蟻苇伪蟼 渭苇蟽伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 渭维蟿喂伪 蟿慰蠀 Graham Joyce...
螚 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蔚魏蔚委! 危蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪, 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠄苇渭伪, 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委蠅蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠁喂位委!!
螚 渭伪纬蔚委伪, 慰 蟿蟻蠈渭慰蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 魏维谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 "螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 螖慰谓蟿喂蠋谓" 苇谓伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪!!
螣位蠈魏位畏蟻畏 畏 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 蟽蟿畏谓 螞苇蟽蠂畏 蟿慰蠀 螔喂尾位委慰蠀
螚 螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺维谓蟿伪 蔚魏蔚委! 危蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 伪蟺蠋位蔚喂伪, 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠄苇渭伪, 蟽蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 蠁伪谓蟿伪蟽委蠅蟽畏 魏伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠋蟿慰 蠁喂位委!!
螚 渭伪纬蔚委伪, 慰 蟿蟻蠈渭慰蟼 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蠂喂慰蠉渭慰蟻 魏维谓慰蠀谓 蟿畏谓 "螡蔚蟻维喂未伪 蟿蠅谓 螖慰谓蟿喂蠋谓" 苇谓伪 维魏蟻蠅蟼 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 伪谓维纬谓蠅蟽渭伪!!
螣位蠈魏位畏蟻畏 畏 魏蟻喂蟿喂魏萎 蟽蟿畏谓 螞苇蟽蠂畏 蟿慰蠀 螔喂尾位委慰蠀
October 14, 2016
This one is hard to rate. Hard because it is a good book but not what I expected. This is listed under most shelves as 'Horror' and is the reason I started it this month. I can see where some might consider it Horror, but in my opinion, this was a coming of age/ dark fantasy tale.
Even though I was a little disappointed because I was shooting for pure horror for my October reading spree, I was still caught up in the story and was entertained to the end. This is my third Graham Joyce novel and I can't figure out why this guy isn't more popular. I would put the first book of his I read, among my top 20 favorites.
This is not your stereotypical Tinkerbell fairy. This one is more like a Black Sabbath, fairies wear boots kind of a gal. Is she real or just a bad dream? Whatever she is, once Sam places his tooth under his pillow, he acquires a permanent companion that not even the imaginary silver bullet provided by his shrink can get rid of.
I'm not sure I would recommend this as a Halloween piece, but it is still a great story that you might want to delve into at another time. I will certainly be reading more Graham Joyce.
December 23, 2019
"螚 螡螘巍螒为螖螒 韦惟螡 螖螣螡韦螜惟螡"
螘螡螒 危螝螣韦螘螜螡螣 螝螒螜 螒螡螒韦巍螘螤韦螜螝螣 螤螒巍螒螠违螛螜 螠螘 螒螡螛巍惟螤螜危韦螜螝螣 螝 螝螣螜螡惟螡螜螝螣 违螤螣螔螒螛巍螣. 螚 螡螘巍螒为螖螒 韦惟螡 螖螣螡韦螜惟螡 螝螒韦螒螝螞违螙螘螜 韦螒 螣螡螘螜巍螒 韦惟螡 螤螒螜螖螜惟螡 螝 韦螒 螠螘韦螒韦巍螘螤螘螜 危螘 螠螒巍螜螣螡螘韦螘危 螣螖螚螕惟螡韦螒危 危螘 桅巍螜螝螜螒危韦螜螝螘危 螤巍螒螢螘螜危.
螠螚螤惟危 螣螠惟危 韦螘螞螜螝螒 螖螘螡 螘螜螡螒螜 螘韦危螜; 螠螚螤惟危 螚 螡螘巍螒为螖螒 惟螛螘螜 韦螒 螒韦螣螠螒 韦螚危 螜危韦螣巍螜螒危 螡螒 螔螕螒螞螣违螡 韦螣螡 螤巍螒螕螠螒韦螜螝螣 韦螣违危 螘螒违韦螣; 螘螜螡螒螜 韦螘螞螜螝螒 螠螣围螛螚巍螚 螇 螣围螜;; 螒违韦螣 螒螤螣螝螒螞违螤韦螘韦螒螜 危韦螒螖螜螒螝螒 螠螘围巍螜 螡螒 螣 螒螡螒螕螡惟危韦螚危 螡螒 桅韦螒危螘螜 危韦螣 韦螘螞螣危 韦螚危 螜危韦螣巍螜螒危.
螒巍螝螘韦螒 螠违危韦螚巍螜螒螝螚 螚 螕巍螒桅螚, 螠螘 螒螡螒韦巍螜围螜螒危韦螜螝螘危 螤螘巍螜螕巍螒桅螘危 韦惟螡 螤螒螜螖螜螝惟螡 桅螣螔惟螡 螤螣违 螘围螣违螠螘 螔螜惟危螘螜 螣螞螣螜 惟危 螤螒螜螖螜螒.
螘螡螒 危螝螣韦螘螜螡螣 螝螒螜 螒螡螒韦巍螘螤韦螜螝螣 螤螒巍螒螠违螛螜 螠螘 螒螡螛巍惟螤螜危韦螜螝螣 螝 螝螣螜螡惟螡螜螝螣 违螤螣螔螒螛巍螣. 螚 螡螘巍螒为螖螒 韦惟螡 螖螣螡韦螜惟螡 螝螒韦螒螝螞违螙螘螜 韦螒 螣螡螘螜巍螒 韦惟螡 螤螒螜螖螜惟螡 螝 韦螒 螠螘韦螒韦巍螘螤螘螜 危螘 螠螒巍螜螣螡螘韦螘危 螣螖螚螕惟螡韦螒危 危螘 桅巍螜螝螜螒危韦螜螝螘危 螤巍螒螢螘螜危.
螠螚螤惟危 螣螠惟危 韦螘螞螜螝螒 螖螘螡 螘螜螡螒螜 螘韦危螜; 螠螚螤惟危 螚 螡螘巍螒为螖螒 惟螛螘螜 韦螒 螒韦螣螠螒 韦螚危 螜危韦螣巍螜螒危 螡螒 螔螕螒螞螣违螡 韦螣螡 螤巍螒螕螠螒韦螜螝螣 韦螣违危 螘螒违韦螣; 螘螜螡螒螜 韦螘螞螜螝螒 螠螣围螛螚巍螚 螇 螣围螜;; 螒违韦螣 螒螤螣螝螒螞违螤韦螘韦螒螜 危韦螒螖螜螒螝螒 螠螘围巍螜 螡螒 螣 螒螡螒螕螡惟危韦螚危 螡螒 桅韦螒危螘螜 危韦螣 韦螘螞螣危 韦螚危 螜危韦螣巍螜螒危.
螒巍螝螘韦螒 螠违危韦螚巍螜螒螝螚 螚 螕巍螒桅螚, 螠螘 螒螡螒韦巍螜围螜螒危韦螜螝螘危 螤螘巍螜螕巍螒桅螘危 韦惟螡 螤螒螜螖螜螝惟螡 桅螣螔惟螡 螤螣违 螘围螣违螠螘 螔螜惟危螘螜 螣螞螣螜 惟危 螤螒螜螖螜螒.
July 29, 2013
Originally reviewed Jul. 2010
Updated July 2013
Some will like this book. I'm not one of them. While it has what I suppose strives to be a "touching ending" it can't change the rest of the book. This is one of a series of books (by that I don't mean a "series by the same author" I mean a series of books by various authors that treads similar ground) that have followed the same track over the last several years. It's not a new idea, it's the idea of taking an "established" literary form and "flipping it". I've seen some "switched out" fairy tales that work very well and make good reads, I've also seen books that simply take old stories or folklore and instead of the "established lesson" usually taught in them we learn the way to live is to be a selfish, pushy, wisea**.
This takes the tooth fairy "myth" (a story that could be used to scare children anyway...a being the sneaks in and out of your bedroom without your knowledge) and tells a fairly sinister and definitely adult tale. I won't try to lay out the story or give the ending revelation, no spoilers, but there are places here where the book veers very close to pedophilia, gives us several scenes of "boys/young men" discovering the joys of "self pleasuring", dances around what I suppose we'd call "childhood violence"... Don't be fooled by the title and let a "juvenile reader" near this one.
Personally I find that the glow is off the idea of taking childhood stories and making them into R to NC17 rated fiction. Worse I didn't find the story itself involving enough to make these scenes a part of the telling. From Terry Pratchett and his tooth fairy with pliers to a short story I read some years ago about a tooth fairy who carved teeth out of mouths to use in magic, this is not truly an original idea and not a standout in story telling.
I know many of you enjoyed it greatly, and for you I'm happy. But as I've said about other books, not for me. I brought the rating up to 2 stars as I've read far worse and don't want to rate the book down with the truly terrible reads I've run across...I wish we had a slightly "wider" rating system, maybe half stars. So, *1.5 stars* here. Just be aware what it is when you pick it up and if you think it will be your cup of tea, then fine. If you aren't interested in what is essentially a "lets rip the innocence away from another childhood myth novel"... well you're now forewarned.
Updated July 2013
Some will like this book. I'm not one of them. While it has what I suppose strives to be a "touching ending" it can't change the rest of the book. This is one of a series of books (by that I don't mean a "series by the same author" I mean a series of books by various authors that treads similar ground) that have followed the same track over the last several years. It's not a new idea, it's the idea of taking an "established" literary form and "flipping it". I've seen some "switched out" fairy tales that work very well and make good reads, I've also seen books that simply take old stories or folklore and instead of the "established lesson" usually taught in them we learn the way to live is to be a selfish, pushy, wisea**.
This takes the tooth fairy "myth" (a story that could be used to scare children anyway...a being the sneaks in and out of your bedroom without your knowledge) and tells a fairly sinister and definitely adult tale. I won't try to lay out the story or give the ending revelation, no spoilers, but there are places here where the book veers very close to pedophilia, gives us several scenes of "boys/young men" discovering the joys of "self pleasuring", dances around what I suppose we'd call "childhood violence"... Don't be fooled by the title and let a "juvenile reader" near this one.
Personally I find that the glow is off the idea of taking childhood stories and making them into R to NC17 rated fiction. Worse I didn't find the story itself involving enough to make these scenes a part of the telling. From Terry Pratchett and his tooth fairy with pliers to a short story I read some years ago about a tooth fairy who carved teeth out of mouths to use in magic, this is not truly an original idea and not a standout in story telling.
I know many of you enjoyed it greatly, and for you I'm happy. But as I've said about other books, not for me. I brought the rating up to 2 stars as I've read far worse and don't want to rate the book down with the truly terrible reads I've run across...I wish we had a slightly "wider" rating system, maybe half stars. So, *1.5 stars* here. Just be aware what it is when you pick it up and if you think it will be your cup of tea, then fine. If you aren't interested in what is essentially a "lets rip the innocence away from another childhood myth novel"... well you're now forewarned.
May 8, 2013
I met Graham Joyce at Fantasycon last year and asked him which of his books would be the best one to start with. He recommended The Tooth Fairy, so I went ahead and picked it up. I went in blind, as it were - I didn't even read the blurb on the back of the book, and consequently had no idea what to expect.
It was a very compelling read. There's a sense in which the storytelling is deliberately unstructured, depriving you of the usual clues to the direction the narrative is taking. This has the effect of sharpening the horror, making you feel that everything is at stake, all the time.
The tooth fairy itself is a unique creation - so much so that although the book stands in a well established tradition of "coming of age with supernatural stuff going on" stories, it really doesn't feel like anything I've read before. And the denouement, when it came, left me both breathless and profoundly moved. I'd imagined a lot of ways in which the narrator and his nemesis might finally settle what was between them, but I never came close to guessing what would happen.
I confess I have a bias towards what I think of as generous horror - horror that allows you to empathise with the characters and makes you care what happens to them. The opposite, in fact, of sacrificial horror - where the characters exist primarily to be put through a wood chipper. The Tooth Fairy satisfies on an emotional level, and is still very, very scary.
I'm going to read some more Graham Joyce, and soon.
It was a very compelling read. There's a sense in which the storytelling is deliberately unstructured, depriving you of the usual clues to the direction the narrative is taking. This has the effect of sharpening the horror, making you feel that everything is at stake, all the time.
The tooth fairy itself is a unique creation - so much so that although the book stands in a well established tradition of "coming of age with supernatural stuff going on" stories, it really doesn't feel like anything I've read before. And the denouement, when it came, left me both breathless and profoundly moved. I'd imagined a lot of ways in which the narrator and his nemesis might finally settle what was between them, but I never came close to guessing what would happen.
I confess I have a bias towards what I think of as generous horror - horror that allows you to empathise with the characters and makes you care what happens to them. The opposite, in fact, of sacrificial horror - where the characters exist primarily to be put through a wood chipper. The Tooth Fairy satisfies on an emotional level, and is still very, very scary.
I'm going to read some more Graham Joyce, and soon.
March 20, 2016
This is such a beautiful book. I know this feeling I felt it when I read the Lovely bones. It's not quite the same feeling though. I feel I've lost some friends almost. "The heads looked at the gang." there are chapters in this book where the author takes you on a journey. Of childhood, adolescence and dark childhood terror's and dreams All this seems to revolve around "Sam's" the main character in the story personal experiences, sexual awakenings and frustrations. And his best friends too. are main play And I haven't even begun about the actual main character the tooth fairy.
I'm honestly left with so many feelings towards this book there were times I bit my lip. The times I laughed out loud.
I'm not giving anything away with this book. You have to read it yourself! And I highly recommend you do as it's a truly beautiful book.
I'm honestly left with so many feelings towards this book there were times I bit my lip. The times I laughed out loud.
I'm not giving anything away with this book. You have to read it yourself! And I highly recommend you do as it's a truly beautiful book.
July 2, 2018
Joyce walks a prose tightrope by perfectly balancing this story so that the uncertainty and tension pull taut throughout the narrative. It's not so much scary as it is disturbing and unnerving. The journey from child to adult is one fraught with loss, fear, and strange, uncontrollable urges. By far, my favorite character was the psychiatrist whose drinking only slightly numbs the loss of faith he has in his own work.
December 18, 2008
What I remembered, rather than learned, was how really terrifying childhood and adolescence can be! The character of the "Tooth Fairy", at once both horrifying and mesmerizing, wraps up all those childhood (pre-puberty) and teenage (puberty) fears into one repelling yet intriguing character. The story centers on 3 boys--Sam, Clive, and Terry--and begins with a large pike from the local pond biting off two of Terry's toes. It's a rollercoaster ride after that, and a dark one at that--imagine riding a rollercoaster alone in the dark by yourself, and that's how my stomach felt by the end. I can't imagine what fills Joyce's brain (spiders and centipedes, to say the least)--but he really wants to save these children from dark fears and knows he can't. So there's a desperation throughout the book--a long, dark road from Sam losing his first tooth to the boys/young men headed off to college. Linda and Alice serve mainly as foils, especially for the boys' sexual awakening, but Joyce managed to make me care for them as well. As usual, Joyce rips the comfortable veil off of reality, and what lies behind it, in this book, are the sharp, filed teeth of the Tooth Fairy.
December 6, 2017
The blurbs on the back of the book state : "Brilliant and unclassifiable", "Sharp, freshly imagined" "Complex and funny". All do a very poor job telling us about this book. They make it sound mundane. There is nothing mundane about this. I love the way Graham Joyce blurs the lines between "reality" and "fantasy". I find myself asking what do I think is real...what IS fantasy? There were points in this book that were laugh out loud moments, it could not be helped. There were moments of quiet horror..."Did I just read what I read?". But most of all for me, this is a story about friendship. True friendship with all its trials and tribulations. Gorgeous.
February 8, 2025
Libro sobre el tr谩nsito de la infancia a la adolescencia y sus ritos de paso, escrito a la manera de Joyce. La presencia de un ser entre la fantas铆a y la deformaci贸n de la realidad, el duende de los dientes, trastoca la existencia de sus personajes mientras ejerce de catalizador de las cuestiones que ponen en juego a trav茅s de su argumento, cruel, inmisericorde. La creaci贸n de la propia identidad, el descubrimiento de la sexualidad, los flirteos con las drogas, el alejamiento del reba帽o... se suceden en un crescendo gracias a una componente simb贸lica un tanto trivial y, aun as铆, tremendamente sugerente que llega desde toda una serie de elementos m谩s all谩 de ese duende (el estanque, el lucio, el bosque tenebroso, el grupo de amigos, el taller del cient铆fico loco...). Su 煤nico punto flaco se vislumbra cerca del desenlace cuando el protagonista manifiesta ese car谩cter simb贸lico, explicando lo que era m谩s que evidente. Quiebra la magia de una historia que, afortunadamente, la recupera cuando en la resoluci贸n se hermana del todo con Un mago de Terramar, como quien no quiere la cosa.
Joyce era un grande y esta novela de las buenas buenas.
Joyce era un grande y esta novela de las buenas buenas.
April 3, 2015
Meandering and sometimes meanspirited, Joyce's novel is that rare beast of a coming-of-age story (I'd call it a bildungsroman but I'm not sure the main characters actually learned anything) that defies all conventionality, instead heads in a million disparate directions at once, and comes up bloody roses. The fantastic lives alongside the real, but in shadows, just out of view to everyone else besides one character, and the reader. The characters are children, but the situations presented are decidedly adult, accurately casting an adolescent's fixation on sex as a central tenet of the story. I can't bring myself to describe the plot, but it's the gorgeous prose itself and the tone of the tale that works so many of the wonders here: wistful and wondrous in turns, there's a sense of deep melancholy mixed with palable paranoia, excitement and lust running headlong into fleeting bursts of horror. Tragedy underscores much of the action here, and we're left wondering why, though it's clear it's just the way of the world; perhaps the fantastical elements are simply a coping mechanism? Hard to say, and no matter. This is one of the best books I've read in ages, and exactly what I needed, when I needed it.
January 12, 2010
Graham Joyce blows me away. He writes sensually? That sounds a bit rude. He IS a bit rude. Earthy. You can almost feel and taste and smell, especially the leaf mold, and the musty smell of an old shed years after the suicide of its occupant.
Here he writes about the evolution of a group of young boys, through to their departure for university. He manages to get right inside their (rather strange) world. The protagonist is (literally?) a character in the Tooth Fairy's nightmare.
And when you think about the primeval nature and occasional near death experiences and close shaves of a little boy's life, know that Graham Joyce captures it.
He may really be writing for a particular age group, but if you are still, or ever have, breathed, I suspect that you'd find this book easy to consume.
Here he writes about the evolution of a group of young boys, through to their departure for university. He manages to get right inside their (rather strange) world. The protagonist is (literally?) a character in the Tooth Fairy's nightmare.
And when you think about the primeval nature and occasional near death experiences and close shaves of a little boy's life, know that Graham Joyce captures it.
He may really be writing for a particular age group, but if you are still, or ever have, breathed, I suspect that you'd find this book easy to consume.
April 2, 2019
螇尉蔚蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 蟺蟻喂谓 蠈蟿喂 伪蠀蟿蠈 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 蟿蟻蠈渭慰蠀 蠅蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 渭慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 伪谓维渭蔚喂魏蟿伪 蟽蠀谓伪喂蟽胃萎渭伪蟿伪. 螛伪 苇位蔚纬伪 蠈蟿喂 萎蟿伪谓 未蠉慰 蟿伪蠂蠀蟿萎蟿蠅谓: 螤蠈蟿蔚 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰 魏伪喂 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 魏伪喂 蟺蠈蟿蔚 伪蟻纬蠈 魏伪喂 伪未喂维蠁慰蟻慰. 韦喂蟼 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻蔚蟼 蠁慰蟻苇蟼 渭慰蠀 蠁维谓畏魏蔚 渭维位位慰谓 伪未喂维蠁慰蟻慰 魏伪胃蠋蟼 蔚委蠂蔚 蟺慰位位苇蟼 维蠂蟻畏蟽蟿蔚蟼 蟺位畏蟻慰蠁慰蟻委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟺蔚蟻喂纬蟻伪蠁苇蟼. 惟蟽蟿蠈蟽慰 渭慰蠀 维蟻蔚蟽蔚 蟺慰位蠉 畏 纬蟻伪蠁萎 蟿慰蠀 (魏伪胃蠋蟼 萎蟿伪谓 魏伪喂 畏 蟺蟻蠋蟿畏 渭慰蠀 蔚蟺伪蠁萎 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟽蠀纬纬蟻伪蠁苇伪) 魏伪喂 渭蔚蟻喂魏维 蟺慰位蠉 未蠀谓伪蟿维 蟽畏渭蔚委伪. 韦慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蟺慰位蠉 蠂位喂伪蟻蠈. 危蔚 纬蔚谓喂魏苇蟼 纬蟻伪渭渭苇蟼 蟺慰位蠉 渭苇蟿蟻喂慰 伪位位维 胃伪 未慰魏喂渭维蟽蠅 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蠅 魏喂 维位位慰 未喂魏蠈 蟿慰蠀.
January 3, 2016
韦慰 Stand by me 渭蔚 蠀蟺蔚蟻蠁蠀蟽喂魏蠈, 蟽蟿畏谓 螒纬纬位委伪 蟿慰蠀 70, 蟿慰蠀 80 魏维蟿喂 蟿苇蟿慰喂慰. 螝伪位蠈, 未蔚 位苇蠅, 伪位位维 蟿慰 尾伪蟻苇胃畏魏伪 胃伪谓伪蟿蔚蟻维.
February 3, 2014
I have read several of Graham Joyce books and have thoroughly enjoyed them ( and ) and I have wanted to read this one for a while. The Tooth Fairy is a book which is recommended by Stephen King and it was chosen as a group read in the Recommended by Stephen King 欧宝娱乐 Group.
So we've all heard of the tooth fairy and as a kid I remember putting my tooth under my pillow before bed and waking up the next morning with a quid (from my parents). This it exactly what Sam, a 7 year old boy, does when his tooth is knocked out when his friend punches him in the mouth. He doesn't tell his parents he's lost a tooth to see whether he still gets a pound and therefore proving the tooth fairy is real. Then while asleep, he is woken by somebody in his room and he sees none other than the tooth fairy himself. Or should I say herself. Or maybe itself as it seems to morph between male and female throughout the book which makes things really confusing in the story at times! And after the tooth fairy shows up loads of bad things happen and it all goes down hill for Sam and his friends.
I didn't find the book scary but there is a definite feeling of unease which started early on in the book and built from there on in. The Tooth Fairy character itself was quite disturbing in its appearance and behaviours and extremely perverse. When it first shows up, the kid is about 7 - if it were me I think I'd have s**t my pants seeing it!
I'm feeling pretty satisfied that I have all my adult teeth and not expecting (**touches wood**) to loose any teeth right now so I don't get a visit from the tooth fairy! S/He gives me the creeps.
This is a very dark and disturbing tale. After reading the first third of the book, I had to stop for a while and read something lighter for a bit. And generally I don't have a problem with reading books which are on the darker side of life! If it hadn't been a group read, I think I may have abandoned the book completely but I persevered. I'm pleased I did as I did like the book; Joyce did a very good job at creating an atmosphere and building likeable characters, even if they were a bit messed up and did crazy things.
It's the first coming-of-age book that I have read from a male perspective. And as a female, I found this both eye opening, interesting and shocking!
So we've all heard of the tooth fairy and as a kid I remember putting my tooth under my pillow before bed and waking up the next morning with a quid (from my parents). This it exactly what Sam, a 7 year old boy, does when his tooth is knocked out when his friend punches him in the mouth. He doesn't tell his parents he's lost a tooth to see whether he still gets a pound and therefore proving the tooth fairy is real. Then while asleep, he is woken by somebody in his room and he sees none other than the tooth fairy himself. Or should I say herself. Or maybe itself as it seems to morph between male and female throughout the book which makes things really confusing in the story at times! And after the tooth fairy shows up loads of bad things happen and it all goes down hill for Sam and his friends.
I didn't find the book scary but there is a definite feeling of unease which started early on in the book and built from there on in. The Tooth Fairy character itself was quite disturbing in its appearance and behaviours and extremely perverse. When it first shows up, the kid is about 7 - if it were me I think I'd have s**t my pants seeing it!
I'm feeling pretty satisfied that I have all my adult teeth and not expecting (**touches wood**) to loose any teeth right now so I don't get a visit from the tooth fairy! S/He gives me the creeps.
This is a very dark and disturbing tale. After reading the first third of the book, I had to stop for a while and read something lighter for a bit. And generally I don't have a problem with reading books which are on the darker side of life! If it hadn't been a group read, I think I may have abandoned the book completely but I persevered. I'm pleased I did as I did like the book; Joyce did a very good job at creating an atmosphere and building likeable characters, even if they were a bit messed up and did crazy things.
It's the first coming-of-age book that I have read from a male perspective. And as a female, I found this both eye opening, interesting and shocking!
December 21, 2016
I loved this odd book and found it very difficult to put down. It's a character driven coming of age story about three young boys growing up in apparent normalcy. But underneath the veneer of normalcy simmers unexpected moments of darkness and danger. As the boys deal with life's many pitfalls -- growing up too smart, too dumb, too mediocre -- lurking in the shadows is a vicious tooth fairy which only one of them (Sam) can see. This tooth fairy is not the sweet version of childhood dreams but a nightmarish razor toothed, potty mouthed, mischievous apparition and it's not at all pleased that Sam can see it.
As Sam grows, the tooth fairy continues to show up unexpectedly and begins to change its form, becoming a chilling sexual thing that teases and taunts and awakens odd feelings in Sam. Despite his fear of the tooth fairy the two have a weird sort of connection.
This was most definitely a book that was anything but the "same-old, same-old" and I never could figure out quite where it was going next which is what I enjoyed so much about the book. The blend of the ordinary and the "weird" was seamless. Sam was a well developed, realistic character and watching him mature and grow was fascinating and I'm still pondering over the question "was it all in his imagination?" I'd like to think it wasn't.
Overall a very creepy, touching, and perfectly bizarre book.
As Sam grows, the tooth fairy continues to show up unexpectedly and begins to change its form, becoming a chilling sexual thing that teases and taunts and awakens odd feelings in Sam. Despite his fear of the tooth fairy the two have a weird sort of connection.
This was most definitely a book that was anything but the "same-old, same-old" and I never could figure out quite where it was going next which is what I enjoyed so much about the book. The blend of the ordinary and the "weird" was seamless. Sam was a well developed, realistic character and watching him mature and grow was fascinating and I'm still pondering over the question "was it all in his imagination?" I'd like to think it wasn't.
Overall a very creepy, touching, and perfectly bizarre book.
September 6, 2011
IMHO, Graham Joyce doesn't get enough respect in the US, despite the fact that he's won both the British Fantasy Award and the World Fantasy Award. Part of the problem may be that his work is hard to categorize, apart from putting it in the catch-all "speculative fiction" bin. The Tooth Fairy, for example, is psychological horror, maybe. Or maybe it's fantasy. It kind of depends on how you view what the main character is going through.
Well, it's puberty that Sam is going through. But he's accompanied by a weird little creature that calls itself the Tooth Fairy. It shows only when Sam is alone, and it talks to him about the emotional ups and downs he's going through. A large part of what it says is disturbing -- disturbing enough that eventually Sam's parents take him to see a psychologist. So is Sam really crazy, or just a little crazy? Or is he really being visited by a creature from the dark side?
I won't spoil it for you. But I will say that this book scared the pants off me, and made me a Graham Joyce fan.
Well, it's puberty that Sam is going through. But he's accompanied by a weird little creature that calls itself the Tooth Fairy. It shows only when Sam is alone, and it talks to him about the emotional ups and downs he's going through. A large part of what it says is disturbing -- disturbing enough that eventually Sam's parents take him to see a psychologist. So is Sam really crazy, or just a little crazy? Or is he really being visited by a creature from the dark side?
I won't spoil it for you. But I will say that this book scared the pants off me, and made me a Graham Joyce fan.
November 6, 2022
When seven-year-old Sam Southall loses a tooth, he鈥檚 visited by the Tooth Fairy, a demonic being (sometimes male, sometimes female) that apparently only he can see, but whose malignant influence spills over onto his family and friends. The Tooth Fairy hangs around as Sam grows up, teaching him to make mischief at school and influencing his actions. One day she insists Sam鈥檚 friend Terry sleeps over and that same night, Terry's father shoots his wife, his other children, and himself鈥�
I am a huge Graham Joyce fan and I鈥檇 been holding this back (the book was published in 1996) but decided Halloween this year was the right time and I鈥檓 so glad I did. Filled with Joyce鈥檚 wonderous prose, mastery of character and dialogue and a brilliant evocation of a seventies childhood (the timespan is never properly specified), this was just glorious. The lives of Sam, Terry and Clive are imbued with a sense of love and melancholy and the introduction of Alice to the group works brilliantly - she鈥檚 just as vivid a character as them, even if her motives aren鈥檛 always clear. And while the boys navigate friendships, parents and the rigours of becoming teenagers, the Tooth Fairy is always there, an ever-present reminder that things don鈥檛 always go right, however much you try to make them. There are scenes of horror - Terry鈥檚 family, Tooley the scout, poor Linda in London - and they鈥檙e shocking but the book, ultimately, is about friendship and love and I found it by turns funny and sad and eminently readable. I cannot recommend this highly enough and I envy those who have yet to discover its sense of wonder.
I am a huge Graham Joyce fan and I鈥檇 been holding this back (the book was published in 1996) but decided Halloween this year was the right time and I鈥檓 so glad I did. Filled with Joyce鈥檚 wonderous prose, mastery of character and dialogue and a brilliant evocation of a seventies childhood (the timespan is never properly specified), this was just glorious. The lives of Sam, Terry and Clive are imbued with a sense of love and melancholy and the introduction of Alice to the group works brilliantly - she鈥檚 just as vivid a character as them, even if her motives aren鈥檛 always clear. And while the boys navigate friendships, parents and the rigours of becoming teenagers, the Tooth Fairy is always there, an ever-present reminder that things don鈥檛 always go right, however much you try to make them. There are scenes of horror - Terry鈥檚 family, Tooley the scout, poor Linda in London - and they鈥檙e shocking but the book, ultimately, is about friendship and love and I found it by turns funny and sad and eminently readable. I cannot recommend this highly enough and I envy those who have yet to discover its sense of wonder.
January 23, 2012
[9/10] A disturbing coming of age story set ib rural England around the 1960's. The Moodies is a band of friends reminding me of movie favorites like The Goonies, Stand by Me, The Outsiders or American Grafitty. What is particular to this story is the continuous balancing act between the quirky comedy of growing up pains and the horror elements that rear their head from the very first page, where a huge pike bites some toes from the foot of one of the boys. It goes darker from here, but I had many moments of fun following the three friends as they leave childhood behind and come to terms with a grown up world that may prove to be hostile and cruel.
I think Graham Joyce managed extremely well to maintain the ambiguity regarding the intrusion of the supernatural into the story. I was kept guessing until the final page on the nature of the malefic Tooth Fairy from the title : either a figment of the imagination of Sam's disturbed mind, or a visitor from the world of Faery.
Another plus of the story for me is the portrayal of adolescents becoming aware of their sexuality and struggling to express themselves in this new charged environment. The inclusion of girls (Alice, Linda)into the boys fraternity is quite amusingly throwing a spanner in the works.
The adults in the story are rarely the understanding and supporting parents we have become used to from american television series. They are fallible, as clueless as the children most of the time, and hardly the role models the boys are looking for. They rise to the occssion though when things get really tough.
One word of advice : this is quite explicit and revealing for a young adult novel. I would still recommend it to a younger reader who is prepared to have his eyes open both to sexuality and to consequences of drug and alcohol abuse, rebellion against authority or suicidal depression. Yes there is fun and camaraderie to be found in the pages here, but the village of Redmont is no idyllic countryside with white lambs and innocent angels cavorting through the meadows.
I think Graham Joyce managed extremely well to maintain the ambiguity regarding the intrusion of the supernatural into the story. I was kept guessing until the final page on the nature of the malefic Tooth Fairy from the title : either a figment of the imagination of Sam's disturbed mind, or a visitor from the world of Faery.
Another plus of the story for me is the portrayal of adolescents becoming aware of their sexuality and struggling to express themselves in this new charged environment. The inclusion of girls (Alice, Linda)into the boys fraternity is quite amusingly throwing a spanner in the works.
The adults in the story are rarely the understanding and supporting parents we have become used to from american television series. They are fallible, as clueless as the children most of the time, and hardly the role models the boys are looking for. They rise to the occssion though when things get really tough.
One word of advice : this is quite explicit and revealing for a young adult novel. I would still recommend it to a younger reader who is prepared to have his eyes open both to sexuality and to consequences of drug and alcohol abuse, rebellion against authority or suicidal depression. Yes there is fun and camaraderie to be found in the pages here, but the village of Redmont is no idyllic countryside with white lambs and innocent angels cavorting through the meadows.
September 10, 2014
The Tooth Fairy is a very good coming of age tale with sprinkles of horror (and maybe a wee fantasy, as well.) Sam has a Tooth Fairy - A (dream?) that is leaking over into the real world and causing havoc for the Redstone Moodies. As events unfold, Sam must find a way to disconnect from the Tooth Fairy and stop the intrusion into our world before it destroys all that he loves.
Not a fast moving tale, Graham does a very good job creating an unsettlingly dark atmosphere. While it never gets fully realized into out and out horror to the bones, I was still left with a deep feeling of tension and unease as the story progressed. Very well written with superbly drawn characters. 4+ Stars! Highly Recommended!
I have had this one on my tbr for a long time and finally got around to it. I actually finished it the evening that I found out Graham had succumbed to Lymphoma. He will be sorely missed. Great writers live on thru their work though and I look forward to reading some more from Graham.
Not a fast moving tale, Graham does a very good job creating an unsettlingly dark atmosphere. While it never gets fully realized into out and out horror to the bones, I was still left with a deep feeling of tension and unease as the story progressed. Very well written with superbly drawn characters. 4+ Stars! Highly Recommended!
I have had this one on my tbr for a long time and finally got around to it. I actually finished it the evening that I found out Graham had succumbed to Lymphoma. He will be sorely missed. Great writers live on thru their work though and I look forward to reading some more from Graham.
January 14, 2009
A brilliant evocation of coming-of-age in the sixties, juxtaposed with an hallucinatory sense of wonder--and terror.
Sam, seven at the beginning of the story, has the misfortune of actually catching the tooth fairy in the act of switching tooth for cash. He/she becomes obsessed with Sam, dogging him through his adolescence. Alternately terrifying and erotic, loving and malevolent, male and female, this creature becomes Sam's constant secret and the fantastical backbeat of his life.
In contrast to the inhuman creepiness of the tooth fairy, the story of Sam and his friends from childhood to late adolescence as they explore the hash of growing up and finding their way in the world is charming, bittersweet, and very human. It's a tough balancing act to pull off, but Joyce manages it beautifully. This is an amazing book and an amazing bundle of emotions, from tears to laughing out loud.
Sam, seven at the beginning of the story, has the misfortune of actually catching the tooth fairy in the act of switching tooth for cash. He/she becomes obsessed with Sam, dogging him through his adolescence. Alternately terrifying and erotic, loving and malevolent, male and female, this creature becomes Sam's constant secret and the fantastical backbeat of his life.
In contrast to the inhuman creepiness of the tooth fairy, the story of Sam and his friends from childhood to late adolescence as they explore the hash of growing up and finding their way in the world is charming, bittersweet, and very human. It's a tough balancing act to pull off, but Joyce manages it beautifully. This is an amazing book and an amazing bundle of emotions, from tears to laughing out loud.
August 10, 2007
It's hard to classify this book. I suppose you'd call it a fantasy but if that suggests magic etc., then that's altogether wrong. It's about a boy who is haunted by a nightmarish and sexually predatory tooth fairy. It's never entirely clear whether or not the tooth fairy is real or imagined. Though often disturbing, the book is also very funny and even poignant in its painfully detailed evocation of adolescence and there are some remarkably original flashes in the writing. Uncomfortable but compelling.
February 16, 2018
危蟿畏谓 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 魏维蟿喂 位喂纬蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 伪蟺蠈 3 伪蟽蟿苇蟻喂伪 (=渭慰蠀 伪蟻苇蟽蔚喂)...委蟽蠅蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 蟿慰 苇蠄伪蠂谓伪 蠂蟻蠈谓喂伪 魏伪喂 蟿慰 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 未喂伪蠁慰蟻蔚蟿喂魏蠈...喂蟽蠅蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 慰 韦味蠈蠀蟼 谓慰渭委味蠅 蟽蟿伪 维位位伪 蟿慰蠀 苇未喂谓蔚 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻畏 苇谓蟿伪蟽畏... 委蟽蠅蟼 纬喂伪蟿委 蟺蔚蟻委渭蔚谓伪 蟺喂慰 尉蔚魏维胃伪蟻伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪 魏伪喂 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 萎 魏维蟿喂 蟺伪蟻伪蟺维谓蠅 蟽蔚 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚 伪蠀蟿维, 伪位位维 蟽蟿慰 蟿苇位慰蟼 苇渭蔚喂谓伪 谓伪 位苇蠅 "蔚, 魏伪喂;"...
November 15, 2015
Loved this enigmatic book and the beautiful characters within.
March 15, 2024
It's not scary, but it is an intense and intelligent read.
When I went into this, I was expecting a terrifying tale that would leave you having nightmares, but instead, I was faced with an enigmatic tale of unique and fascinating proportions.
The twist and turns in this story made it hard to put it down, and i regret putting it aside at one point. Once i picked it up again, i kept reading until the end.
The end felt a little rushed for me, but I honeatly didn't want it to end. I am going to have to buy a copy for my home library.
Would highly recommend the read.
When I went into this, I was expecting a terrifying tale that would leave you having nightmares, but instead, I was faced with an enigmatic tale of unique and fascinating proportions.
The twist and turns in this story made it hard to put it down, and i regret putting it aside at one point. Once i picked it up again, i kept reading until the end.
The end felt a little rushed for me, but I honeatly didn't want it to end. I am going to have to buy a copy for my home library.
Would highly recommend the read.
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