The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
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The Yiddish Policemen's Union


Price: $24.99
On Sale: 1/04/2008
Formats:     B Format Paperback

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What if‚ as Franklin Roosevelt once proposed‚ Alaska − and not Israel − had become the homeland for the Jews after World War II? In Michael Chabon′s Yiddish−speaking ′Alyeska′‚ Orthodox gangs in side−curls and knee breeches roam the streets of Sitka‚ where Detective Meyer Landsman discovers the corpse of a heroin−addled chess prodigy in the flophouse Meyer calls home. Marionette strings stretch back to the hands of charismatic Rebbe Gold‚ leader of a sect that seems to have drawn its mission statement from the Cosa Nostra − but behind Rebbe looms an even larger shadow. Despite sensible protests from Berko‚ his half−Tlingit‚ half−Jewish partner‚ Meyer is determined to unsnarl the meaning behind the murder. Even if that means surrendering his badge and his dignity to the chief of Sitka′s homicide unit − also known as his fearsome ex−wife‚ Bina.

′The Yiddish Policemen′s Union′ interweaves a homage to the stylish menace of 1940s film noir with a bittersweet fable of identity‚ home and faith. It is a novel of colossal ambition and heart from one of the most important and beloved writers working today.


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ISBN: 9780007150939; ISBN10: 0007150938; Imprint: ; On Sale: 1/04/2008; Format: Paperback; Trimsize: 198 x 132 x 29 mm; Pages: 0; $24.99;

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