Paperback, 320 pages
English language
Published Dec. 17, 1999 by St. Martin's Press.
The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy and horror novel by English writer Graham Joyce. It was first published in the United Kingdom in paperback in 1996 by Signet Books, and in hardcover in the United States in 1998 by Tor Books. It is about Sam and his friends growing up in Coventry, England in the 1960s, and a mischievous fairy who torments Sam. The Tooth Fairy was generally well received by critics, and won the 1997 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for Best Novel. It was also nominated for the 1998 International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel, and was placed third in the 1999 Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel. The book was translated into French by Michel Pagel as L'intercepteur de cauchemars and published by Presses Pocket in November 1998. Another French translation, also by Pagel as La fée des dents was published by Bragelonne in …
The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy and horror novel by English writer Graham Joyce. It was first published in the United Kingdom in paperback in 1996 by Signet Books, and in hardcover in the United States in 1998 by Tor Books. It is about Sam and his friends growing up in Coventry, England in the 1960s, and a mischievous fairy who torments Sam. The Tooth Fairy was generally well received by critics, and won the 1997 British Fantasy Society August Derleth Award for Best Novel. It was also nominated for the 1998 International Horror Guild Award for Best Novel, and was placed third in the 1999 Locus Award for Best Dark Fantasy/Horror Novel. The book was translated into French by Michel Pagel as L'intercepteur de cauchemars and published by Presses Pocket in November 1998. Another French translation, also by Pagel as La fée des dents was published by Bragelonne in March 2008. L'intercepteur de cauchemars won the Grand prix de l'Imaginaire: Traduction in 2000.
I first read this book back in 1997 and it still haunts me. Beautiful, sad, earthy, fantastical and real.
