Fairy Tales of New York

New York: Penguin, 1961.

Price: $25.00

Softcover. First paperback edition. Near fine in lightly worn wrappers.

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Item #68931 Fairy Tales of New York. J. P. DONLEAVY.

J.P. Donleavy
birth name: James Patrick Donleavy
born: 4/23/1926

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American-born author of the lusty comic novel The Ginger Man (Paris, 1955; U.S., 1958), which introduced Dangerfield, the coarse, comic antihero. Donleavy is noted for characters who display heroism in the face of a mad universe and remain deeply attached to life despite its flaws. - Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literaturemore