A Fairy Tale of New York (2007)

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A Fairy Tale of New York
J.P. Donleavy
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Genres: Fiction
Awake to a hammering on pipes. Fanny in tight blue jeans brought me breakfast. The tray laden beneath her naked breasts. Said she had to go to a board meeting. And dressed as I cowered in bed with a hangover quaffing glass after glass of grapefruit juice out of a giant can. Bravely followed by a plateful of long thin strips of bacon, toasted corn muffins, grape jelly and coffee. I crapped dropping it from the stars like an angel. And showered singing in perfumed lathers.
    Her worried eyes wh
...en Fanny came back at one o'clock. Stood in the doorway in a brown neat suit throwing off her black cape. And veins bluer under her skin. I sat listening to a vesper in the white room, thinking of Europe. And as an ebony black maid came vacuuming Fanny said let's get the hell out of here, it's such a beautiful day.
    We lay on the grey beach. Long rolling waves pounding the sand. Seagulls dipping beaks in the foam. Fanny said she hadn't been in a subway for years.
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