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A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End.The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, Chad Gadya, which Read More..

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Description	A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End.The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, Chad Gadya, which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim".Steven H. Gale, Mankowitz, Wolf, Literary Analysis, Encyclopedia of British Humorists, Vol. 2, 1996. At the very end of the film version, Mr. Kandinsky softly sings fragments of an English translation of this song.
Description	A Kid for Two Farthings is a 1953 novel by the British writer Wolf Mankowitz, based on the author's experiences of growing up within a Jewish community in London's East End.The title is a reference to the traditional Passover song, Chad Gadya, which begins "One little goat which my father bought for two zuzim".Steven H. Gale, Mankowitz, Wolf, Literary Analysis, Encyclopedia of British Humorists, Vol. 2, 1996. At the very end of the film version, Mr. Kandinsky softly sings fragments of an English translation of this song.

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Name	A Kid for Two Farthings
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Authors	Wolf Mankowitz
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Genre	Novel
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Language	English
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Country	United Kingdom
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