A Midsummer's Nightmare

"The book's a delight - I love it!" - Fay Weldon, Mail on Sunday

Sherwood Forest, home of Oberon, Titania, Puck, Cobweb, Peaseblossom and the rest of the mob, has been whittled away by urban development. It's time to move on, the fairies decide. Sid, their captive, a kindly, if gruff, young car mechanic, teaches Titiana to drive, and on Midsummer's Eve the party starts off in a battered and smelly old bus. They're bound For the New Forest, where they hope to be able to regenerate their magic.

The fairies' journey is full of excitement. At a village fair, they show the morris dancers how to cut previously undreamed-of capers. Titania falls in love with a human baby and steals her from her pram, starting a nationwide search for the missing infant. The fairies then link up with a group of New Age travelers on their way to stonehenge, who befriend them almost without question. Finally, a fight to the death between Titania and the terrifying and sadistic Morgan-le-Fey must take place before everyone can settle down into some form of harmony and peace.