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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 fledgling ...
May 1, 2007 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union. Michael Chabon. 3.71. 77,872 ratings7,816 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.
Apr 29, 2008 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 ‘Noir’ detective story set in an alternative history of post WW2 to present Sitka Alaska. The mystery opens with alcoholic Sitka police department homicide detective, Meyer Landsman, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives.
May 1, 2007 · At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.
May 1, 2007 · Why has his once doting father disowned him? And why are Bina and her superiors pressing to shut down the investigation and declare Mendel’s death a cold case?
Jan 24, 2012 · The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 ‘Noir’ detective story set in an alternative history of post WW2 to present Sitka Alaska. The mystery opens with alcoholic Sitka police department homicide detective, Meyer Landsman, examining the murder of a man in the hotel where Landsman lives.
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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 prize-winning 'The...
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At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.
Aug 24, 2020 · In Michael Chabon's Yiddish-speaking 'Alyeska', Detective Meyer Landsman discovers the corpse of a heroin-addled chess prodigy. Suspicion falls upon Rebbe Gold, leader of a secretive sect. But behind Rebbe looms an even larger shadow. Meyer is determined to unsnarl the meaning behind the murder.
Jun 5, 2012 · At once a gripping whodunit, a love story, an homage to 1940s noir, and an exploration of the mysteries of exile and redemption, The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a novel only Michael Chabon could have written.
