Ann patchett spins a modern fairy tale in her luminous new. A fairy tale of new york by j p donleavy fantastic fiction. We hide books around new york for people to find, enjoy and pass along. The story of fairytale of new york tv movie 2005 imdb. The song is an irish folk style ballad and was written as a duet, with the pogues singer macgowan taking the role of the male character and maccoll the female character. The plot concerns irishamerican cornelius christians return to new york after studying in ireland. The songs title comes from the 1973 novel a fairytale of new york by irishamerican author james patrick donleavy, who was born in new york but later moved to dublin and became an irish citizen.
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