Download or read book A Fairy Tale of New York written by James Patrick Donleavy and published by Delacorte Press. This book was released on 1973 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Perennially short of funds, Cornelius Christian accepts a job at a funeral home in order to pay for his wife's burial. A series of madcap adventures commences in what Donleavy calls "the great sad cathedral that is New York City".