| The Safety Matches | |
| Title Orig: | Les Allumettes suédoises |
| Translator: | Patsy Southgate |
| Author: | Robert Sabatier |
| Country: | France |
| Language: | French |
| Publisher: | Albin Michel |
| Release Date: | 1969 |
| English Release Date: | 1972 |
| Isbn: | 0-525-19595-5 |
The Safety Matches (French title: Les Allumettes suédoises), also translated under the title The Match Boy, is a novel by Robert Sabatier, published in 1969 by Albin Michel and translated into English by Patsy Southgate in 1972.[1] [2]
It is the first volume of an autobiographical series whose main character is a boy named Olivier.
An immediate best-seller, the book was adapted for French TV by Jacques Ertaud in 1995.