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A Fairy Tale of New York is a funny, lusty, and sad novel of comic genius. Returning from study abroad, Cornelius Christian enters customs with his luggage and his dead wife. His first encounter in New York is with a funeral director, with whom he reluctantly takes employment to pay for the burial expenses. In the course of his duties he meets the beautiful Fanny Sourpuss over her millionaire husband's dead body. However, his over-enthusiastic handling of his first corpse lands him in court. Cornelius Christian wanders through the great sad cathedral that is New York, examining the human condition in all its comic pathos and lonely absurdity. Whether lingering in the Automat drinking from half empty coffee cups and stealing baked beans from the plates of customers who go looking for ketchup, or finding love on a street corner only to end up fighting his way out of a hooker's fists, Cornelius Christian, heroic anti-hero, sings of life's goodness in the wake of disaster.
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    348 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Atlantic Monthly Press
  4. Publication date
    January 18, 1994
  5. Dimensions
    5.6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0871132648
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0871132642
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Atlantic Monthly Press
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 18, 1994
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 348 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0871132648
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0871132642
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.75 x 9 inches
  • Best Sellers Rank: #417,870 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • Customer Reviews:
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  • RTC
    5 out of 5 stars
    I loved it
    Reviewed in the United States on March 15, 2024
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    Sad. Very affecting, especially the two short descriptions of the younger brother’s misery. I’ll carry these with me as long as I live.

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  • Tom Parmenter
    4 out of 5 stars
    J. P. Donleavy!
    Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2023
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    Rollicking fun! What do you expect?

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    5 out of 5 stars
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    Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2015
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    this book is a riot. grotesque, bizarre, extremely funny. very much over the top. and yet, there is some philosophical depth implicit in it as well. one can tell that donleavy was probably a fan of henry miller's writings and in my opinion he exceeds him. i found the book quite inspirational. an excellent read to chase away the blues.

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  • lincoln coffman
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    pretty beat up copy. i know that the books are cheap but you could at least take those pesky stickers off

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  • Happy Family
    5 out of 5 stars
    He skewers the idiotic, the banal and the pattern of NY life
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    Donleavy is the master of criticism of our pompous presumptions. He skewers the idiotic, the banal and the pattern of NY life. He makes it a pleasure to shed a tear in sorrow, immediately to be followed by guffaws of contempt for our own weaknesses. Love it.

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    Beyond the Pale
    Reviewed in the United States on November 10, 2012
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    Hard to review this since my eyes are full of tears from laughing. I own all of Donleavy's books and would rate this his best. Yes, even better than "The Ginger Man". (Incidentally, there is a non-fiction work "The Making(?) of the Ginger Man", which should be read right before curling up with any Donleavy's novels.

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  • James Lazy Bones
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    The Master at his best.
    Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2017
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    Politically incorrect, right is wrong, wrong is right, mayhem everywhere, and filled with gut busting laughs.

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  • dg
    1 out of 5 stars
    Snobish readings
    Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2019
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    If you are a clever reader and does not follow the trend, avoid this reading.

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  • AFM
    5 out of 5 stars
    A Fairytale of New York
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    Delivered very promptly in great condition.

    Sebastian Dangerfield morphs into Cornelius Christian - and he's still getting away with it!

    Also interesting historically, as the Pogues used the title on their Christmas No 1.

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  • PT
    5 out of 5 stars
    Excellent read
    Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 28, 2020
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    Excellent read, gripping, love the style of the writer

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