The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
by Michael Chabon

The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)
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Author: Michael Chabon
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2008-05-01
ISBN: 0007149832
Number of pages: 464
Publisher: Harper Perennial

Book Reviews of The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

Book Review: Beautifully written alternate reality
Summary: 5 Stars

My first Chabon read and sure not to be my last-- visceral language tickled me from start to finish. Spatial, full of smells, sights and attitude, I only wish is was longer. Treats at the end-- articles and a provocative essay-- only make it more fascinating. Negative reviews? Some people don't know pisher from pumpernickel-- too bad for them.

Summary of The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.)

For sixty years Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel. The Jews of the Sitka District have created their own little world in the Alaskan panhandle, a vibrant and complex frontier city that moves to the music of Yiddish. But now the District is set to revert to Alaskan control, and their dream is coming to an end.

Homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster. And in the cheap hotel where Landsman has washed up, someone has just committed a murder-right under his nose. When he begins to investigate the killing of his neighbor, a former chess prodigy, word comes down from on high that the case is to be dropped immediately, and Landsman finds himself contending with all the powerful forces of faith, obsession, evil, and salvation that are his heritage.

At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.

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