I Can Get It for You Wholesale

Jerome Weidman

1937

XIX

I entered the restaurant five minutes late on purpose, but Babushkin was already there. He was at the small table I’d reserved way over in the corner, hunched over the menu because he was scared of the waiter that stood a little way off and kept looking at him.

Everything he did was so in keeping with the way I’d figured him out, that it looked…

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Jerome Weidman

1913–1998

The son of immigrants, the prolific writer Jerome Weidman was born, raised, and educated in New York City. His work portrays the rough underside of business and often features ambitious young immigrants on the make, who, while clawing their way to success, lose their humanity. In addition to being a successful novelist and short-story writer, Weidman also made his mark on Broadway and in Hollywood. He wrote the book for the award-winning musical Fiorello! (1959) and for the musical adaptation (1962) of his early novel I Can Get It for You Wholesale, as well as the screenplay for The Eddie Cantor Story (1963).

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