A Kid for Two Farthings
by Mankowitz, Wolf
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- Hardcover
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Synopsis
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. It was translated into a film by Carol Reed in 1955. Mankowitz himself wrote the screenplay. The story was adapted into a musical play in 1996, and presented at the Bridewell Theatre in London by the Mercury Workshop, starring Ron Moody as Kandinsky.
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- Bookseller
- Adelaide Booksellers (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BIB202362
- Title
- A Kid for Two Farthings
- Author
- Mankowitz, Wolf
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used -
- Edition
- 3rd Impression
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1955
- Bookseller catalogs
- Children's Books;
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