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| Author | Wolf Mankowitz |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Novel |
| Publisher | André Deutsch |
Publication date | 1953 |
| Publication place | United Kingdom |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover) |
| Pages | 119 pp |
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".[1] At the end of the film version, Mr Kandinsky softly sings fragments of an English translation of the song.
- ^ Steven H. Gale, Mankowitz, Wolf, Literary Analysis, Encyclopedia of British Humorists, Vol. 2, 1996.