Zvi Jagendorf’s wonderful comic novel about a young Jewish refugee in wartime London is an enchanting blend of sharp humour and crisp observation.

Wolfy, a young Jewish refugee, has escaped to wartime London to live with the ‘strudelbakers’ - his super-critical aunt and melancholy uncle. An expert at living in two worlds - the chaotic and dark world of displaced people and the world of vitality and temptation he finds in the London streets - Wolfy discovers an England that is both exciting and unusual.

Longlisted
The Booker Prize 2001
Published by
Dewi Lewis
Publication date
Wolfy and the Strudelbakers

Zvi Jagendorf

About the Author

Zvi Jagendorf is a writer, translator and teacher. He was Booker Prize-longlisted for his comedy-laced story of a boy refugee trying to step out of one world into a very different other.
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