1. Gonif, goniff, ganef...Yiddish for thief. And, by
extention, other sort of crook.
2. I can't, but it's one of his most famous.
-----Original Message----- From: Marianne Macdonald
1. Will somebody who either uses the word or owns an
American-English dictionary please tell me what a "gonif"
is/means?
(ref. first page, Chap. 3 of Campbell's IN LA-LA LAND WE
TRUST - just started it, looks promising).
2. Having (see above) recently made a small purchase of 2nd
hand paperbacks (and, incidentally, discovered I enjoy
Prather), I tried to read a Willeford - PICK-UP. Is anybody
able to suggest whether this book is more or less typical of
his output?
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