A
Fairy Tale of New York is a novel by 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.
James
Patrick Donleavy (born April 23, 1926) is an Irish
American author, born in New York City to Irish immigrants.
He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II after which he
moved to Ireland where he studied at Trinity College, Dublin
and became an Irish citizen.
Donleavy
gained critical acclaim with his first novel, The Ginger
Man, which is one of the Modern Library 100 best novels.
Correctly
or incorrectly, his initial works are sometimes grouped with
the Kitchen Sink artists as well as the Angry Young Men.
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