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The Yiddish Policemen's Union is a 2007 novel by American author Michael Chabon. 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 State ...
- Michael Chabon
- 2007
May 1, 2007 · Michael Chabon. 3.71. 77,184 ratings7,752 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 · 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.
- Harper Perennial
- $14.44
May 13, 2007 · The fanciful Sitka of “The Yiddish Policemen’s Union” plays the delicate, infinitely complex game of fiction fairly: this place is so vividly imagined you practically need a parka and a ...
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.
A noir detective novel by Michael Chabon set in an alternative history where Jews live in Sitka, Alaska. Detective Meyer Landsman investigates a murder involving a possible messiah and a mysterious clinic.
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...
