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PS3553.H15 Y54 2007. The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. [1] The novel is a detective story set in an alternative history version of the present day, based on the premise that during World War II, a temporary settlement for Jewish refugees was established in Sitka, Alaska, in 1941, and that the ...
- Michael Chabon
- 2007
May 1, 2007 · Michael Chabon. 3.71. 76,943 ratings7,726 reviews. For sixty years, Jewish refugees and their descendants have prospered in the Federal District of Sitka, a "temporary" safe haven created in the wake of revelations of the Holocaust and the shocking 1948 collapse of the fledgling state of Israel.
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Apr 29, 2008 · Michael Chabon is the bestselling and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of seven novels – including The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay and The Yiddish Policemen's Union – two collections of short stories, and one other work of non-fiction.
- Harper Perennial
- $14.44
May 13, 2007 · By Terrence Rafferty. May 13, 2007. “Don’t get wistful on me,” says a sly old man in Michael Chabon’s sly new novel, his first big serious one since the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize ...
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Jan 24, 2012 · by Michael Chabon (Author)Format: Kindle Edition. 4.1 2,625 ratings. See all formats and editions. The New York Times bestseller, now available in paperback—“an excellent, hyperliterate, genre-pantsing detective novel that deserves every inch of its…blockbuster superfame” (New York).
The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon. Fourth Estate, 2007 - Fiction - 414 pages. The brilliantly original new novel from Michael Chabon, author of the Pulitzer...
Yiddish Policemens Union: Michael Chabon: Hardcover: 9780007149827: Powell's Books. by Michael Chabon. Synopses & Reviews. Publisher Comments. But homicide detective Meyer Landsman of the District Police has enough problems without worrying about the upcoming Reversion. His life is a shambles, his marriage a wreck, his career a disaster.