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title: "A Fairy Tale of New York"
url: https://architect-books.com/A_Fairy_Tale_of_New_York_0871132648
description: "A Fairy Tale of New York, by J.P. Donleavy, ISBN 0871132648 in the Architect Books catalogue."
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# A Fairy Tale of New York

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J.P. Donleavy

- **Author line**J.P. Donleavy
- **Released**01 February, 1989
- **ISBN**0871132648
- **Binding**Paperback

## Reader notes

### One of J P Donleavys best

My Irish father bought this book years ago, one rainy day in a department store, He dragged me up the the top floor, I remember because he was very keen to get the latest J P Donleavy novel. After he had read it, I picked it up to see what all the fuss was about, and I was hooked immediately! After this I moved onto the Ginger Man then all his others, but this ones the best for me, this book is a classic!

### hilarious

This is, without a doubt, one of the funniest books Ive read. Donleavys bizarre wit and lyrical style are superb. If you enjoy absurd humor, you will love this book.

### One of the funniest books ever written

I am actually a publisher and we have a line called Humour Classics, in which we reissue out of print classics of humour. And a book I read many years ago, that I loved (I love all of J.P. Donleavey - he is one of my all-time favourite writers) is Fairy Tale of New York. I was checking on Amazon to see if it was available and in print. It is. But I was amazed no-one had done a review. SO here goes: its brilliantly funny, it would make a great film. The action sequences in the funeral parlour are superb. His prose style is pure magic. Read it!

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