A Fairy Tale of New York

A Fairy Tale of New York
First US edition
AuthorJ. P. Donleavy
LanguageEnglish
PublisherDelacorte Press (US)
Methuen (UK)
Publication date
Sep 1973
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages341 pp
ISBN0-440-02624-5 (US)

A Fairy Tale of New York is a novel by Irish American writer 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 on Donleavy's earlier work Fairy Tales of New York, a successful stage play published in 1961.