A Fairy Tale of New York

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A Fairy Tale of New York
Author J. P. Donleavy
Country United States
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Delacorte Press
Publication date 1973
Media type Print (Hardcover)
Pages 341 pp
ISBN ISBN 0440026245

A Fairy Tale of New York is a novel by Irish American author J. P. Donleavy, published in 1973. The plot concerns Irish-American Cornelius Christian's return to New York after studying in Ireland. The novel was based around Donleavy's earlier work Fairy Tales of New York, a successful stage play published in 1961.