The Yiddish Policemen's Union: A Novel (P.S.) by Michael Chabon
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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.Book Review: Chabon's imagination is hard to beat
Summary: 5 Stars
This book is simply excellent, I couldn't put it down until read through. Chabon's imagination is hard to beat. Yiddish Policemen is just as good as The Amazing Adventures and Wonder Boys. The characters, plot and setting is great, and now we can only hope for the Coen brothers to make a movie out of it as rumoured. Only they could pull it off.Book Review: The bush that burned but was not consumed
Summary: 5 Stars
Chabon does it again. He has written a deeply Jewish book about super heroes and magical worlds. It was an adjustment to read his yiddishified English but soon I could not put it down. I waded through the dirt, grime and murder until the end, a place of hope, where the bush burns but is not consumed.Book Review: Must Read
Summary: 5 Stars
"The Yiddish Policeman's Union" raises the literary bar, vaulting into the top tier of fiction and establishing a new standard for the detective/murder/noir genre. Literary, fun, tragicomic, profound and light all at the same time; a masterful and daring act of luminosity. Chabon shines.Book Review: what a story!
Summary: 5 Stars
had heard praise for this book for years, and am glad i finally got around to reading it. a wild crime novel set in a "could have been" current day reality that doesn't exist, with lots of insights into stuckness, addiction, self-loathing, relationships, power, and tribes.