The Yiddish Policemen's Union

by Michael Chabon

411 pages

Published Nov. 8, 2008 by Harper Perennial.

ISBN:: 978-0-00-725740-9
OCLC Number:: 179806664

In an alternate world in which Alaska, rather than Israel, has become the homeland for the Jews following World War II, Detective Meyer Landsman and his half-Tlingit partner Berko investigate the death of a heroin-addicted chess prodigy.

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Laage reviewed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

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4 stars

Jews have been exiled to Alaska and Israel is just a dream for the Jews of "Yiddish Policemen's Union", and the Alaskan deal is about to end.

YPU is a crime story, a satire and an alternate history rolled into one. The reader follows Meyer Landsman in his last days as a cop in Sitka, Alaska, as he attempts to solve a murder among the various types of Jews in Alaskan exile.

Tecnijota reviewed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

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1 star

I didn't finish the book it failed at catching my interest at all :/

Chris reviewed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon

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2 stars

Skip the first hundred pages or so. The author is very descriptive, and there is very little action in the first 100 pages. The world building is very good and believable. I was expecting more, since it was so highly rated