Kid for Two Farthings, A

Mankowitz, Wolf, Illust. by: James Boswell

Hardcover. New York , E.P. Dutton, 1st US, 1954, Book: Good, Dust Jacket: Fair, Hardcover, 120 pages, in a worn, price-clipped dust jacket. B&w illustration by James Boswell. Of Russian Jewish descent, English writer, playwright and screenwriter Cyril Wolf Mankowitz (1924 - 1998) was born and raised on Fashion Street, East End of London, heart of London's Jewish community. This magical and humorous novel is sited in that rich, vibrant, lower-class world bustling with small shops, open-air vendors and flea-marketers.

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