Laage reviewed The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
For sixty years, Jews have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe …
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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.