As I was walking in the library when I was young I found a very interesting book called Artemis Fowl. Today was one of the first day where I remember and now going to read this book.
http://www.amazon.com/Artemis-Fowl-French-Eoin-Colfer/dp/2070546810/ref=sr_1_35?ie=UTF8&qid=1305855908&sr=8-35 Thought the book in the link leads to a french version I could not find an actual English version on amazon. This is a very popular book and the first of a five part series from a successful Irish author Eion Colfer. Into the first few chapters it is about a eccentric young man, about twelve years old, who believes in fairies.
The story opens up to Artemis who travels to Vietnam to investigate a suspected fairy sighting. It turns out that a fairy who has been kicked out from the fairy world lives on alcohol and acts as healer to the local village. Artemis gets interested when finds out that she can heal cancer and other life-threatening diseases for only a bottle of wine. Imagine that all diseases can be cured by a simple incantations from a fairy. This part of the story reminds me of silly games that can heal a person without any repercussions.
Stories like this can only be true i with imagination or in games and other such stuff. And yet Artemis is still able to manipulate her into giving her book of secrets that each fairy has.
When I think of fairies I don’t think about them getting drunk. This seems like a very interesting book. I always liked fairy tale books, it sends you to a place where you want to be and everything is just possible.
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