The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of
THE ADVENTURES OF KAVALIER & CLAY and WONDER BOYS. What if, as
Franklin Roosevelt once proposed, Alaska – and not Israel – had
become the homeland for the Jews after the Second World War? 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. 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 – his fearsome ex-wife
Bina. A novel of colossal ambition and heart, 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.
General
Imprint: |
HarperCollins Publishers
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
March 2008 |
First published: |
May 2008 |
Authors: |
Michael Chabon
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Dimensions: |
205 x 135 x 30mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
|
Pages: |
414 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-00-715093-9 |
Categories: |
Books >
Fiction >
General
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LSN: |
0-00-715093-8 |
Barcode: |
9780007150939 |
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