Rodinsky's room, paperback/rachel lichenstein

Paperback edition of this intriguing title which combines the history of East End London with a riveting personal quest for Rodinsky and an insight into East European Jewry.

The most absorbing book Ive read for years.

Cressida Connolly, }Observer{.

A marvellous elegy for an East End rapidly being engulfed in scaffolding, concrete and cappuccino bars.

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